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Daigak Guksa

Buddhist priest
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Also known as: Ŭich’ŏn, Taegak Kuksa
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Also spelled:
Taegak Kuksa
Secular name:
Ŭich’ŏn
Born:
1055, Korea
Died:
1101, Korea (aged 46)
Subjects Of Study:
Ch’ŏnt’ae
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Daigak Guksa (born 1055, Korea—died 1101, Korea) was a Korean Buddhist priest who founded the Ch’ŏnt’ae sect of Buddhism. A son of the Koryŏ king Munjong, Ŭich’ŏn became a Buddhist monk at age 11, and in 1084 he went to the Sung court of China and stayed a year and a half studying and collecting Buddhist literature. When Ŭich’ŏn returned home to Korea, he brought with him the doctrines of the Chinese T’ien T’ai (Korean pronunciation Ch’ŏnt’ae) sect of Buddhism. Ŭich’ŏn became the chief propagator of the Ch’ŏnt’ae sect in Korea; this sect attempted, with considerable popular success, to reconcile ...(100 of 241 words)

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