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Also known as Kyunyŏ

Kyunyŏ (or Kyunyeo, ; 923–973) was a Korean Buddhist monk and poet. He came from the Hwangju Byeon clan and his hometown was Hwangju. Among his works are the first extant collection of poetry in Korean, Songs of the Ten Vows Samantabhara, which can be found in The Life of Kuehne (c. 1075).

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Place of birth
Hwangju County
Occupation
poet
Religion
Buddhism
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McCune–Reischauer romanization
Kyunyŏ
Revised Romanization
Gyunyeo
date of death
0973-00-00
date of birth
0923-01-01
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Kyunyŏ (or Kyunyeo, ; 923–973) was a Korean Buddhist monk and poet. He came from the Hwangju Byeon clan and his hometown was Hwangju. Among his works are the first extant collection of poetry in Korean, Songs of the Ten Vows Samantabhara, which can be found in The Life of Kuehne (c. 1075).

Gyunyeo played an important role in the spread of the Hwaeom (Korean Huayan) school of Buddhism.

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