Uisang 625 – 702
Uisang (625 – 702) was a Korean philosopher of the Medieval era, associated with Buddhism.
Uisang was a Korean Buddhist philosopher and the founder of Korean Hwaeom (Avatamsaka) Buddhism. After studying under the Hwaeom master Zhiyan in Tang China alongside the great Chinese systematizer Fazang, Uisang returned to Silla and founded the Hwaeom school there, establishing Buseoksa Temple and a network of monasteries. His Hwaeom ilseung beopgye-do (Diagram of the Dharma Realm of the One Vehicle of Hwaeom), a 210-character poem arranged as a meditational mandala, condenses the entirety of Hwaeom doctrine into a single compact philosophical work that has been transmitted in Korean Buddhist study to the present. Together with his contemporary Wonhyo, Uisang shaped the philosophical foundation of Korean Buddhism for the next thirteen centuries.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Korean
- Era
- Medieval
- Movements
- Buddhism
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- Uisang was born in 625 and died in 702.
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- Uisang was a Korean philosopher of the Medieval era.
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- Uisang was associated with Buddhism.
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- Uisang was a Korean Buddhist philosopher and the founder of Korean Hwaeom (Avatamsaka) Buddhism.