Academic student

...They stayed in China for a long period of time, from twenty to thirty years, and witnessed the Chinese society after the fall of the Sui dynasty and the rise of the Tang dynasty before returning home and playing a major role in the construction of the Ritsuryo state, which began with the Taika Reforms. Shortly after the founding of the Tang dynasty, a foreign student called Kusushienichi returned home, and at the suggestion of others, a Japanese envoy was sent to China. Many students and monks, including Dosho, accompanied the envoys to China. In the seventh century, many monks also studied in Silla, and some, like Gyozen, studied in Goguryeo. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "academic students" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…彼らは，二十数年から三十数年の長期間にわたって中国に滞在し，隋が滅び，唐が興ってくる中国の社会を実見して帰国し，大化改新に始まる律令国家の建設に大きな役割を果たした。唐の建国後間もなく帰国した留学生恵日(薬師恵日（くすしえにち）)らの進言によって，遣唐使が派遣されることになると，道昭（どうしよう）など多くの学問生･学問僧が遣唐使に従って渡唐した。また7世紀には新羅に留学する僧も多く，行善（ぎようぜん）のように高句麗に留学する僧もあった。…

※「学問生」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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