Hyechong

Hyechong

was a priest who came across the sea from Baekje to Japan in the Asuka period.

He came to Japan in 595 (the 3rd year of Empress Suiko), and propagated the Buddhism. When Hōkō-ji (法興寺 Hōkō temple) that is current Ango-in (安居院) or Asuka-dera (飛鳥寺 Asuka temple) was completed in 596, Esō lived with priest Eji who came from Goguryeo, and together they were called "Sanpō no Tōryō" (三宝の棟梁 The leader of three treasures)."Nihon Shoki", volumes 22, Story of Suiko. [http://applepig.idv.tw/kuon/furu/text/syoki/syoki22_1.htm]

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