Hyegwan

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title: Hyegwan
text: Ekan Hyegwan (Japanese: Ekan was a priest who came across the sea from Goguryeo to Japan in the Asuka period. He is known for introducing the Chinese Buddhist school of Sanlun to Japan. Hyegwan studied under Jizang and learned Sanron. In 625, he was dispatched to Japan by an order of King Yeongnyu of Goguryeo, and became the founding patriarch of Japanese Sanron. He lived at Gangō-ji by an Imperial command. However, Gyōnen wrote that Hyegwan did not lecture on Sanron or start the Japanese tradit
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date created: 2006-10-09T18:47:26Z
date modified: 2024-09-07T13:07:29Z
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