Manhae han yong-un biography

Korean writer (1879–1944)

In this Korean name, the family name is Han.

Han Yong-un (Korean: 한용운; August 29, 1879 – June 29, 1944) was a twentieth century Korean Buddhist reformer and poet.^[1] This name was his religious name, given by his meditation instructor in 1905, and Manhae (만해) was his art name; his birth name was Han Yu-cheon.

Life

Manhae was born in Yucheon in Hongseong, South Chungcheong Province, Joseon. During his childhood, he studied the Chinese classics in a seodang; schools that were widespread during the Joseon period.

Manhae han yong-un biography

Prior to being ordained, he was involved in resistance to Japanese influence in the country, which culminated in the Japanese occupation from 1905 to 1945.^[2] He lived in seclusion at Ose-am in the Baekdam Temple from 1896.

During this period, he studied Buddhist sacred texts and several books of modern philosophy. In 1905 he received the robes of the Jogye Order of monks and in 1908 he went to Japan a