Kyugenou - Kyugenou

...A famous monk in the Joseon Dynasty of Korea. His pen name was Hyeon-eong. His pen name was Cheong-ho. His real name was Choi Yo-shin. He lived in Myohyangsan Mountain in North Pyeongan Province, so he was revered as Seosan Daishi. He passed the monk examination in 1552, and later became a judge of the Buddhist teachings and Zen teachings, and then a judge of the Zen Buddhist teachings, but in 1559 he quit and entered the temple. He advocated the unification of the Buddhist world, the dual practice of teaching and Zen, and the unification of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, and became the founder of the restoration of Buddhism in the Joseon Dynasty. During the Imjin-Jeongyu Japanese Invasion (1555-1559), he called together 1,500 of his followers to organize a loyal monk army and issued a call to arms throughout the country. He was appointed head of the eight provinces and 16 monks, and together with his disciple Wijeong (Samieongdang), he led a loyal monk army of 5,000 from various regions to fight against the Japanese army. ...

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…朝鮮，李朝の名僧。字は玄応。号は清虚。本名は崔汝信。平安北道の妙香山に住んでいたので西山大師の尊称であがめられた。1552年僧科に及第，のち，教宗判事，禅宗判事を経て判禅宗事に進むが，59年辞して入山した。仏教界の統一，教禅兼修，儒仏道三教合一論を主張，李朝仏教中興の祖となる。壬辰･丁酉倭乱(文禄･慶長の役)に際し，門徒1500人を召集して義僧軍を編制，全国に檄を発した。八道十六宗都総摂に任ぜられ，弟子の惟政(泗溟堂)らと各地の義僧軍5000人を率いて日本軍と戦った。…

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