Anju, South Pyongan

Anju, in South Pyongan Province in what is now North Korea, was the birthplace, in 1520, of the Sŏn master Hyujeong (Sŏsan Daesa), an important Joseon-era figure who wrote influential guides to Sŏn practice and later led monk-militia in defence of Korea against the Japanese invasions of the 1590s.