Yujeong
Samyeong Daesa 사명대사 / 泗溟大師 | |
|---|---|
| Title | bhikṣu |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1544 |
| Died | 1610 (aged 65–66) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| School | Korean Seon |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 임응규 |
| Hanja | 任應奎 |
| RR | Im Eunggyu |
| MR | Im Ŭnggyu |
| Art name | |
| Hangul | 사명, 송운, 종봉 |
| Hanja | 四溟, 松雲, 鍾峯 |
| RR | Samyeong, Songun, Jongbong |
| MR | Samyŏng, Songun, Chongbong |
| Courtesy name | |
| Hangul | 이환 |
| Hanja | 離幻 |
| RR | Ihwan |
| MR | Ihwan |
| Posthumous name | |
| Hangul | 자통홍제존자 |
| Hanja | 慈通弘濟尊者 |
| RR | Jatonghongjejonja |
| MR | Chat'onghongjejonja |
| Dharma name | |
| Hangul | 유정 |
| Hanja | 惟政 |
| RR | Yujeong |
| MR | Yujŏng |
Samyeongdang (1544–1610), also known by his dharma name Yujeong, was a Korean Buddhist monk during the Joseon era. He is sometimes identified by his art name, Song-un. He was born to a family of the Im clan in Miryang, Gyeongsang Province. After the deaths of his mother in 1558 and his father in 1559, he became a monk at Jikjisa on Hwangaksan in Gimcheon.