한국 승려의 長安에서의 활동

Korean monks’ activity in Chang An

  There are 10 chapters in the thesis describing the reason, situation, and specials events in regards to Chinese monks spreading their beliefs in Korea and Korean monks’ learning experiences in Chang An, the capital of Teng Dynasty.   In my thesis, it clearly stated that the Korean Buddhism religion started in Chang An. Korean monks coming to Cha ng An to learn its religion has ultimately replaced the even t of Chinese monks teaching its religion in Korea. As a res ult, Hai?Dong Buddhism has developed through its first ph ase of development into the second phase of development, and experienced rapid development in terms of popularity and penetration.   The Korea?China Buddhism cultural exchange is not full scaled and systematic; but rather, it has a relationship whe re one covers the other mutually beneficial. Buddhism cult ural exchange servers as an important liaison between Chi na?Korea’s economic, cultural and political foundations. In addition, it also servers as the starting point where two co untries are in friendly terms that has caused development i n political, economical, and cultural relationships. The Chin a?Korea Buddhism exchange events has a long experienc e, rich contents, frequent visits and highly effective. It is a rare cultural exchange situation in the world today. Chang   An served as the capital of China for 13 dynasty, it is not only the center for political, economical, and cultural events, but also the center for spreading Buddhism. In particular, the Shui and Tang Dynasty was where Chinese Buddhism developed to a peak with large population of high level monks, vase database of translated bibles and other related books, research Buddhism activities, and the establishment of 三?宗、唯?宗、??宗、律宗、?土宗、密宗. With these developments, it has not only attracted Hai?Dong monk s but also served as a very ideal platform for them to dev elop. Therefore, during the development of China?Korea B uddhism exchange process, Chang?An is the most importa nt city and served as the center of the state.   From 4th century to the end of 14th century, there are approximately 300 Hai?Dong monks, could be traced with their historical record, came to China to learn Buddhism. I n the Shui?Tang dynasty, Chang?An served as an import ant place for those Hai?Dong monks, there were 54 monk s that came to Chang?An during the period where Buddhi sm was as its heights. Among those monks, there were a significant portion of the monks that were very high level. These high level monks also served as a key factor where they have significant contribution to the development of Bu ddhism in Korea in terms of spreading the belief, translatio n of bibles and religious books, or other events that has h elped them to earn the master title. Some of those high le vel Korean monks also served an important role in the Chi nese Buddhism making significant contribution in translation or become the leader in some key branched out Buddhism beliefs. In addition, some of them actually went across the straight to Japan, such as 慧灌、道登、and ?祥, where they have also made important historical contributions.   There are several key points of Hai?Dong monks included in the book 《中?佛??系一千年》, as follows：   1. Placed high emphasis on the most recent development and tracking high level events of Chinese Buddhism, and a djust their own direction and center of their development.   2. Focus on Chinese culture, and use it as an important reference point in deciding their own development.   3. Focus on clear and high efficiency in order to yield th e best result.   4. The Korean monks coming to China in order to learn Buddhism has received proper attention and viewed as a hi gh level exchange for both governments, and it has also s erved as an important part of the foreign relationships bet ween two countries. In addition, it als