- Hyegwan
was a priest who came across the sea from
Goguryeo toJapan in theAsuka period . He is known for introducing the Chinese Buddhist school ofSanlun to Japan.Ekan studied under
Jizang and learned Sanron. In 625 (the 33rd year ofEmpress Suiko ), he was dispatched to Japan by an order of King of Goguryeo"Nihon Shoki ", volumes 22, Story of Suiko. [http://applepig.idv.tw/kuon/furu/text/syoki/syoki22_2.htm] ", and he propagated the Sanlun. He lived at Gangō-ji (元興寺 Gangō temple) by an Imperial command.References
* Sueki Fumihiko 末木文美士: "The Sanron School in Japan: A Study of a Chapter of Gyōnen's Sangoku Buppō Denzū Engi" 「三國佛法傅通縁起」日本三論宗章研究, The Memoirs of the Institute of Oriental Culture 東洋文化研究所紀要, No.99, 1986-02, p.71-151. [http://hdl.handle.net/2261/2159]
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