The Haedong Goseungjeon (translated most commonly as the "Lives of Eminent Korean Monks") was a compilation of mostly Korean Buddhist hagiographies, notably of famous monks from the Three Kingdoms period of Korean history. Hangul also refers to a word processing application widely used in Korea. ... It has been suggested that Sino-Korean be merged into this article or section. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean (Korean: 국어의 로마자 표기법; 國語의 로마字 表記法) is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... The grounds of Koreas Buryeongsa Temple. ... Hagiography is the study of saints. ... The Three Kingdoms of Korea were Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla, which dominated the Korean peninsula and parts of Manchuria for much of the 1st millennium CE. The Three Kingdoms period in Korea is usually considered to run from the 1st century BCE until Sillas triumph over Goguryeo in 668... This article is about the history of Korea. ...

It was compiled by the monk Gakhun (각훈, 覺訓) (dates unknown) by order of the Goryeo king Gojong in 1215. Though Gakhun was working in the tradition of Chinese Buddhist historiography (which had a long tradition of compiling lives of eminent monks), as was the case with the compilation of the Samguk Sagi and Samguk Yusa, the composing of the Haedong Goseungjeon was meant to promote native exemplars, in this case of Buddhist piety. It also served to bring prominence and merit to the court that ordered its compilation. The state of Goryeo ruled Korea from the fall of Silla in 935 until the founding of Joseon in 1392. ... Gojong of Goryeo (d. ... This article explores how Buddhism, a Indian origin, has affected and been affected by Chinese culture, politics, literature and philosophy. ... We dont have an article called Samguk sagi Start this article Search for Samguk sagi in. ... Samguk Yusa, or Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms, is a collection of legends, folktales, and historical accounts relating to the Three Kingdoms of Korea (Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla), as well as to other periods and states before, during, and after the Three Kingdoms period. ...

The work, along with the Samguk Sagi and the Samguk Yusa, comprises one of the most important sources for the Three Kingdoms period. The monk Iryeon consulted the work some half a century later when compiling his Samguk Yusa. We dont have an article called Samguk sagi Start this article Search for Samguk sagi in. ... Samguk Yusa, or Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms, is a collection of legends, folktales, and historical accounts relating to the Three Kingdoms of Korea (Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla), as well as to other periods and states before, during, and after the Three Kingdoms period. ... Samguk Yusa, or Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms, is a collection of legends, folktales, and historical accounts relating to the Three Kingdoms of Korea (Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla), as well as to other periods and states before, during, and after the Three Kingdoms period. ...

It was long thought that the work was lost, until portions of it were rediscovered at a Buddhist temple in Seongju in the early twentieth century. Only two of probably more than ten volumes survive. The extant volumes include biographies of eighteen famous and not–so–famous Buddhist monks from Goguryeo and Silla, as well as India and China. Unfortunately, some of the most famous of Three Kingdoms period Buddhist figures are not included (namely Wonhyo), though they were presumably included in the missing volumes. Goguryeo (traditional dates 37 B.C. – A.D. 668) was a kingdom in northern Korea and a large part of Manchuria. ... Silla (also spelled Shilla, traditional dates 57 BCE - 935 CE) was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. ... Wonhyo (617 - 686) was one of the leading thinkers, writers and commentators of the Korean Buddhist tradition. ...

Not much is known of the work‘s chief compiler, except that he served as the chief abbot of the Yeongtongsa (영통사, 靈通寺) in the city of Kaesŏng, then the Goryeo capital. His deeds go unrecorded in the Goryeosa (History of Goryeo).^[1] Kaesong city centre Kaesŏng (Gaeseong) is a city in North Hwanghae Province, North Korea, a former Directly Governed City, and the capital of Korea during the Koryo Dynasty. ... The Goryeosa or History of Goryeo is the principal surviving history of Koreas Goryeo Dynasty. ...

The work was translated into English by Peter H. Lee in 1969.^[2]

Contents

The surviving portion of the Haedong Goseungjeon contains the biographies of the following monks (native place):

1. Sundo 順道 (unknown; China?)
2. Mangmyeong 亡名 (Goguryeo)
3. Uiyeon 義淵 (Goguryeo)
4. Damsi/Tanshi 曇始 (China)
5. Mālānanda (Xinjiang)
6. Ado 阿道 (unknown; India?)
7. Beopgong 法空, a.k.a King Beopheung of Silla (Silla)
8. Beop‘un 法雲 (Silla)
9. Gakdeok 覺德 (Silla)
10. Ji‘myeong 智明 (Silla)
11. Wongwang 圓光 (Silla)
12. Anham 安含 (Silla)
13. Āryavarman (Silla)
14. Hye‘eup 惠業 (unknown)
15. Hyeryun 惠輪, or 慧輪 (Silla)
16. Hyeon‘gak 玄恪 (Silla)
17. Hyeon‘yu 玄遊 (Goguryeo)
18. Hyeontae 玄太 (Silla)

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References

1. ^ Kim, Tai–Jin. A Bibliographical Guide to Traditional Korean Sources (Seoul: Asiatic Research Center, 1978), p. 23.
2. ^ Lee, Peter H. Lives of Eminent Korean Monks: The Haedong Kosŭng Chŏn. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1969.

See also

• Korean Buddhist temples
• List of Korea-related topics
• List of Korean Buddhists