Hyeja
| Hyeja | |||||||
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| Japanese name | |||||||
| Kanji | 慧慈 or 恵慈 | ||||||
| Hiragana | えじ | ||||||
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| Korean name | |||||||
| Hangul | 혜자 | ||||||
| Hanja | 慧慈 or 恵慈 | ||||||
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Hyeja (
He propagated Buddhism in Japan. He lived at Hōkō-ji (法興寺 Hōkō temple), currently Ango-in (安居院) or Asuka-dera (飛鳥寺 Asuka temple), with priest Esō who came from Baekje. They were called "Sanpō no Tōryō" (三宝の棟梁 The leader of three treasures).
In 615, he went back to the home country, Goguryeo, with an annotated book of the Buddhist scriptures, which was written by Shōtoku Taishi.[2]
He heard the news that Shōtoku Taishi died on February 22, 622. He grieved very much and took an oath of meeting Shōtoku Taishi again in the
References
- ^ Encyclopedia of World Biography on Shotoku Taishi
- ^ Hyeja - Naver Encyclopedia
- ^ Nihon Shoki, volumes 22, Story of Suiko. "新編 日本書紀 卷廿二 推古天皇 豐御食炊屋姬天皇". Archived from the original on 15 June 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2010."新編 日本書紀 卷廿二 推古天皇 豐御食炊屋姬天皇". Archived from the original on 16 June 2006. Retrieved 28 December 2006.
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