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Hyechong also known as Esō was a Buddhist monk from Baekje who travelled to Japan in the Asuka period to transmit Buddhism.

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Hyechong also known as Esō was a Buddhist monk from Baekje who travelled to Japan in the Asuka period to transmit Buddhism.

Traveling to Japan in 595 (the 3rd year of Empress Suiko), he preached Buddhism. When , which is now or was completed in 596, the monk lived with the priest Eji from Goguryeo, and together they were called .

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