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Ŭisang
Ŭisang (625–702). The founder of Hwaŏm (Chin., Hua-yen) Buddhism in Korea. Ŭisang travelled to China, settling in the capital of the T'ang dynasty, Ch'ang-an. There he studied with the second Hua-yen patriarch Chih-yen (600–68), and held seniority over the third patriarch Fa-tsang (643–712). After 20 years, he returned to Korea and founded Hwaŏm studies. The integrative vision of Hwaŏm, which stresses the mutual and unobstructed interpenetration of all phenomena, both with ultimate reality and with each other, fits well with the ‘t'ong pulgyǒ’ or ‘unitive Buddhism’ of his friend and colleague Wŏnhyo. Ŭisang is also credited with overseeing the construction of numerous temples, contributing to the high achievements of Buddhism in Korea during the first part of the Unified Silla period (668–918).
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DAMIEN KEOWN. "Ŭisang." A Dictionary of Buddhism. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DAMIEN KEOWN. "Ŭisang." A Dictionary of Buddhism. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O108-isang.html DAMIEN KEOWN. "Ŭisang." A Dictionary of Buddhism. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O108-isang.html |
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Ŭisang
Ŭisang or Master Taesŏng Wŏn'gyo (625–702). Korean Buddhist monk, who studied Hua-yen Buddhism under Chih-yen (602–68). The second patriarch of the Hwaŏm (Chinese Hua-yen) sect, he founded the Pusŏk subsect of Hwaŏm in Korea, and established Hwaŏm as the ideological foundation of the Silla dynasty (668–935). His Diagram of the Hwaŏm One-Vehicle World, a mandalic, meditational device of 210 Chinese characters, has been highly acclaimed by E. Asian Buddhists as a superb compendium of Hua-yen thought. He had ten Hwaŏm monasteries built, convertible to forts in the event of foreign invasion.
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JOHN BOWKER. "Ŭisang." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Ŭisang." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-isang.html JOHN BOWKER. "Ŭisang." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-isang.html |
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