휴정 (休靜, 서산대사 1520-1604)
청허 휴정은 조선중기에 활동한 불교 승려이다. 명종대 승과에 합격하여 선교양종판사에 제수되었고 임진왜란 때 승병을 일으켜 승병장으로 크게 활약하였다. 조선후기 불교교단 최대 계파인 청허계 법맥의 시원이다.
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Hyujeong (1520-1604)
Hyujeong was a Korean Seon master. As was common for monks in this time, he travelled from place to place, living in a succession of monasteries. Buddhist monks had been forced to keep a low profile since General Yi Seonggye had been forced to eject Buddhism from its state of total permeation of government in order to gain the support of Neo-Confucian scholar-officials to consolidate his position against his Buddhist political opponents when he overthrew Gongyang of Goryeo in 1392 to become King Taejo of Joseon.
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