Cheontae
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thumb|Uicheon, the founder of the Korean Tiantai school
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- Instance of
- religious denomination
- Subclass of
- Korean Buddhism
- Official name
- 대한불교천태종
- Country
- South Korea
- Official website
- chn.cheontae.org
- Image
- Korea-Danyang-Guinsa Sangwol Wonga 2981-07k.JPG
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- Revised Romanization
- Cheontae
- McCune–Reischauer romanization
- Ch'ŏnt'ae
- short name
- 천태종
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thumb|Uicheon, the founder of the Korean Tiantai school
Cheontae (, also known as the Korean Buddhist Cheontae sect ) is the Korean branch of the Chinese Tiantai school, which was founded in 594 by the monk Zhiyi (智顗) during the Sui dynasty. Though Tiantai teachings were introduced to Korea earlier, it was during the Goryeo period that Cheontae was established as an independent school by Daegak Guksa Uicheon (1055–1101), a royal prince and Buddhist scholar.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cheontae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.