Daigak Guksa

Daigak Guksa (born 1055, Korea—died 1101, Korea) was a Korean Buddhist priest who founded the Ch’ŏnt’ae sect of Buddhism. A son of the Koryŏ king Munjong, Ŭich’ŏn became a Buddhist monk at age 11, and in 1084 he went to the Sung court of China and stayed a year and a half studying and collecting Buddhist literature. When Ŭich’ŏn returned home to Korea, he brought with him the doctrines of the Chinese T’ien T’ai (Korean...