Hyecho
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'''Hyech'o''' (; ; 704–787), was a Silla Buddhist monk and traveller active during Korea's Three Kingdoms period. He is primarily remembered for his account of his travels in medieval India, the .
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- Born
- 8th cent.
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Hyechʻo ŭi Wang o Chʻŏnchʻukkuk chŏn
- The Hye Ch'o diary
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Key facts
- Korean name/auto.hangul
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- Korean name/auto.hanja
- 慧超
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Silla
- Place of birth
- Silla
- Occupation
- poet
- Religion
- Chinese Esoteric Buddhism
- Student of
- Amoghavajra
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- date of birth
- 0704-01-01
- date of death
- 0787-01-01
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- Hyecho
- religious name
- 慧超
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Life
- Works
- Excerpt: Hyech'o on Jibin
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'''Hyech'o''' (; ; 704–787), was a Silla Buddhist monk and traveller active during Korea's Three Kingdoms period. He is primarily remembered for his account of his travels in medieval India, the .
In the 2017 work ''Hyecho's Journey: The World of Buddhism'', with support from other (art) historians, scholar Donald S. Lopez Jr. uses his story to introduce the range of Buddhist traditions of the period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hyecho” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.