Uicheon
Sign in to saveUicheon (28 September 1055 – 5 October 1101) was a Korean prince and influential Buddhist scholar-monk of the Goryeo period (918–1392). He was the fourth son of King Munjong (1046–1083) and Queen Inye from the Gyeongwon Yi clan and the younger brother of Sunjong, Seonjong, and Sukjong.
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- Born
- 1055
- Died
- 1101
- Works
- 11
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- 大般涅槃經疏
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- 大覺國師文集
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Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Uicheon
- Royalty.title
- Daegakguksa('National Preceptor Grand Enlightenment')
- Royalty.image
- Uicheon.jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Portrait of Uicheon in Seonamsa, 48-1, Jukhak-ri, Seungju-eup, Suncheon, South Jeolla Province
- Royalty.father
- Munjong of Goryeo
- Royalty.mother
- Queen Inye of the Incheon Yi clan
- Royalty.birth_name
- Wang Hu
- Royalty.birth_date
- 1055
- Royalty.birth_place
- Kaegyŏng, Goryeo
- Royalty.death_date
- 1101 (age 46)
- Royalty.death_place
- Chongji Temple (총지사摠持寺), Kaegyŏng, Goryeo
- Royalty.burial_place
- Ryongtongsa, Kaesong
- Royalty.royal house
- House of Wang
- Royalty.religion
- Buddhism
- Korean name/auto.child
- yes
- Korean name/auto.hangul
- %왕후%; %왕석후
- Korean name/auto.hanja
- 王煦; 王釋煦
- Korean name/auto.hangulja
- %_의천
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Kaesong
- Father
- Munjong of Goryeo
- Mother
- Inye-wanghu
- Occupation
- aristocrat
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Noble title
- Imperial prince
- Image
- Uicheon.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1055-01-01
- date of death
- 1101-01-01
- birth name
- 王煦
- religious name
- 義天
- posthumous name
- 大覺國師
- art name
- 祐世
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Overview
- Works
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- Notes
- References
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Uicheon (28 September 1055 – 5 October 1101) was a Korean prince and influential Buddhist scholar-monk of the Goryeo period (918–1392). He was the fourth son of King Munjong (1046–1083) and Queen Inye from the Gyeongwon Yi clan and the younger brother of Sunjong, Seonjong, and Sukjong.
== Overview == At age 11, Uicheon volunteered to become a Buddhist monk. In 1065, he studied at the Yeongtong Temple () under Buddhist monk Nanwon () who was his maternal relative and studied the Buddhist and Confucian canons. Uicheon displayed exceptional talents from a young age, and he dedicated himself to the extensive study of the Chinese Buddhist canon, the works of the various East Asian Buddhist schools, along with the Chinese classics.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Uicheon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.