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Buddhism in Goryeo in the 1050s

Type Event Region Korean Peninsula Time 1051–1060

From 1051 to 1060, Buddhism flourished under state protection in Goryeo; Cui Chong founded a private academy in 1055, Uibyeon (Uiseong) was born that…

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  1. 1051–1054Gaeseong (Gaeseong capital) · GoryeoKing Munjong continued the successive kings' policy of protecting Buddhism, granting temples exemption from land tax and supporting the repair of great monasteries. The Buddhist sangha played an important role in social relief, education, and state ritual, complementing the Confucianism represented by the imperial examinations.
  2. 1055Gaeseong (Gaeseong capital) · GoryeoIn 1055 the Confucian master Cui Chong (styled "Confucius of Haedong") founded the Nine-Study Academy, teaching the Confucian classics as a private school alongside the state Guozijian. This marked the rise of private education in Goryeo, and the culture of equal emphasis on Confucianism and Buddhism took further shape in the 1050s.
  3. 1055–1060Gaeseong (Gaeseong capital) · GoryeoIn 1055 King Munjong's fourth son Wang Xu was born; he took monastic vows in 1067 with the dharma name Uibyeon, traveled to Song to seek the dharma, and founded Goryeo's independent Tiantai lineage. In the later 1050s, the royal house's cultivation of Buddhist scions laid the foundation for Buddhism's great flourishing later in the 11th century and the printing of the Tripitaka Koreana.

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