Wisdom - wisdom

Japanese: 賢憬 - けんけい

714-793 (Wado 7-Enryaku 12)
A Hosso sect scholar monk from the late Nara and early Heian periods. Also written as Kenkei. One theory is that he was born in 705 (Keiun 2). Commonly known as Owari Sozu. His common surname was Aratai, and he was from Owari Province. In 754 (Tenpyo Shoho 6), he welcomed Ganjin and his entourage in Kawachi Province, where he received the precepts from Ganjin in front of the Great Buddha Hall of Todaiji Temple. In 759 (Tenpyo Hoji 3), he copied 4,208 volumes of the entire Buddhist canon and placed them at Toshodaiji Temple, and in 780 (Hōki 11), he built the three-story pagoda of Tado-Jingū-ji Temple. In 784 (Enryaku 3), he became Daisōzu, and in 793, when Emperor Kanmu planned to move the capital, he sought the site of the new capital in Utano, Kazuno County, Yamashiro Province, together with Fujiwara no Oguro Maro and Ki no Kosami.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

714‐793(和銅7‐延暦12)
奈良末･平安初期の法相宗の学僧。賢璟とも書く。生年は一説に705年(慶雲2)。通称は尾張大僧都（そうず）。俗姓荒田井氏，尾張国の人。754年(天平勝宝6)鑑真の一行を河内国で迎え謁し，東大寺大仏殿の前で鑑真より受戒した。759年(天平宝字3)一切経4208巻を書写して唐招提寺に納め，780年(宝亀11)多度神宮寺の三重塔を建てる。784年(延暦3)大僧都となり，桓武天皇の遷都計画に際し，793年藤原小黒麻呂，紀古佐美らとともに山背国葛野郡宇太野に新都の地を相した。

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