Wŏnhyo
617 CE–686 CE · Amnyang (Gyeongsan)
617–686 CE
Wŏnhyo (617–686 CE) is the most celebrated thinker of Korean Buddhism. Born in the Silla kingdom, he famously turned back from a planned study-trip to Tang China after a night-time realization that 'everything is made by the mind,' and went on to a prolific career reconciling the competing Buddhist doctrines of his day into a unified vision, writing influential commentaries (notably on the Awakening of Faith). He also worked to bring Buddhist practice to ordinary people beyond the monasteries. He is a securely historical and well-documented figure.
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Amnyang (Gyeongsan)
What they did here
Birthplace of Wŏnhyo.
About Amnyang (Gyeongsan)
Amnyang, in the area of modern Gyeongsan in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea, was within the Silla kingdom and is given as the birthplace, in 617, of Wŏnhyo — one of the most important thinkers in the history of Korean Buddhism, known for his commentaries and his teaching of doctrinal reconciliation (hwajaeng).
The world in their lifetime
Thinkers, teachers, and rulers whose lives overlapped with Wŏnhyo’s — a glimpse of the wider world they lived in. Drawn purely from recorded birth and death years.
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Islamic world
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Rulers world
- K'ak' Uti' Witz' K'awiil (Smoke Imix)· 604 CE–695 CE
- Munmu of Silla· 626 CE–681 CE
- Marwan I· 623 CE–685 CE
- Constans II· 630 CE–668 CE
- Emperor Gaozong of Tang· 628 CE–683 CE
- Bajlaj Chan K'awiil (Ruler 1)· 625 CE–692 CE
- Emperor Tenmu· 631 CE–686 CE
- Yuknoom Ch'een II (Yuknoom the Great)· 600 CE–686 CE
- K'inich Janaab' Pakal I (Pakal the Great)· 603 CE–683 CE
- Wu Zetian· 624 CE–705 CE
- Yazid I· 646 CE–683 CE
- Yazdegerd III· 624 CE–651 CE
- Constantine IV· 652 CE–685 CE
- Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan· 644 CE–705 CE
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