Gyunyeo or Kyun Yeo (; 923–973) was a

Korean Buddhist Korean Buddhism is distinguished from other forms of Buddhism by its attempt to resolve what its early practitioners saw as inconsistencies within the Mahayana Buddhist traditions that they received from foreign countries. To address this, the ...

monk and

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. He came from the Hwangju Byeon clan. Among his works are "Songs of the Ten Vows Samantabhara." These songs are set out in 1075 in the biography ''The Life of Kuehne''. This is the first extant collection of poetry in Korean. He played an important role in the spread of the Hwaeom school of Buddhism.''Korea and Globalization: Politics, Economics and Culture''. By Amadu Sesay, James B. Lewis

In popular culture

*Portrayed by Jung Seung-ho in the 2002–2003

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The Dawn of the Empire ''The Dawn of the Empire'' () is a South Korean historical television series which aired on KBS1 from March 2, 2002 to January 26, 2003 for 94 episodes every weekend at 21:45 ( KST). It revolves around the reigns of the second, third and fourth ki ...

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References

Further references

* ''Kyunyo-Jon: The Life, Times and Songs of a Tenth Century Korean Monk'' (University of Sydney East Asian Series) * Lee, Peter H., 1961, "The Importance of the Kyunyŏ Chŏn (1075) in Korean Buddhism and Literature-Bhadra-Cari-Pranidhạna in Tenth Century Korea," ''Journal of the American Oriental Society'' 81 (4):409–414,

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. 917 births 973 deaths Korean male poets Buddhist poets Goryeo Buddhist monks 10th-century Korean poets Hwangju Byeon clan {{Korea-poet-stub