Uisang

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Uisang was a prominent 7th-century Korean Buddhist monk and scholar, renowned as a key founder of the Hwaeom (Huayan) school in Korea.

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Uisang canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist scholar
Hwaeom school patriarch
Korean Buddhist monk
Silla Buddhist monk
birthName Uisang self-link
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Silla
doctrine interpenetration of principle and phenomena
mutual containment of all dharmas
educatedAt Tang dynasty
surface form: Tang China
era Unified Silla
surface form: Unified Silla period
ethnicGroup Korean
fieldOfWork Buddhist philosophy
doctrinal exegesis
floruit 7th century
founded Buseoksa
hasHonorificTitle National preceptor (in Korean Buddhist tradition)
influenced Korean Hwaeom school
Uicheon
later Korean scholastic Buddhism
influencedBy Chinese Buddhist scholasticism
Huayan / Kegon
surface form: Huayan Buddhism

Zhiyan
knownFor founding the Hwaeom school in Korea
systematizing Huayan thought in Silla
teaching interpenetration of all phenomena
languageOfWork Classical Chinese
movement Huayan / Kegon
surface form: Huayan Buddhism

Hwaeom Buddhism
nativeName Hanbok
surface form: 의상
nativeNameLang ko
notableWork Womb Realm Mandala
surface form: Diagram of the Dharmadhatu (Hwaeom ilsŭng pŏpkyedo)

Hwaeom doctrinal system in Korea
occupation Buddhist teacher
monk
scholar
philosophicalSchool Huayan / Kegon
surface form: Huayan

Hwaeom
placeOfActivity Buseoksa
Silla
region Korean Peninsula
religion Buddhism
religiousCenter Buseoksa
religiousOrder Buddhist monasticism
romanization Uisang self-link
school Hwaeom school of Korean Buddhism
studiedUnder Huayan / Kegon
surface form: Fazang (indirectly, via Huayan tradition)

Zhiyan
tradition Mahayana
surface form: Mahāyāna Buddhism

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Beomeosa Temple foundedBy Uisang
Uisang birthName Uisang self-link
Uisang romanization Uisang self-link