Monday, August 13, 2012

103. Wonhyo, the Unbridled Monk (Not Updated)

Entry 103, "Wonhyo, the Unbridled Monk" provides us with a few brief stories about Wonhyo. It may be divided into 11 sections. Listed in order, they are:
  1. Wonhyo's male relatives, p.273
  2. Wonhyo's birth, p.274
  3. The story of how Yulgok got its name, p.274
  4. Temples Wonhyo founded, p.274
  5. A geographical note, p.274
  6. Wonhyo as a youth, p.274-275
  7. Wonhyo seeks a wife, p.275
  8. Wonhyo's son, Sol Ch'ong, p.275-276
  9. Wonhyo's gourd song and dance, p.276
  10. Wonhyo's writing and his song about Sammae-gyong p.276-277
  11. Wonhyo's image at Pun-hwang-sa, p.277
Section one tells the names of Wonhyo's grandfather and great-grandfather, Ingp'i-kong and Tamnal-naemal. 

Section two tells the tale of Wonhyo's birth under a chestnut tree, which is claimed to be "remarkably similar to that of the birth of Buddha."

Section three tells the story of how Yulgok (Chestnut Valley) got its name. 

Section four tells of two temples Wonhyo founded when he became a monk, Ch'ogae-sa and Sala-sa. 

Section five is a geographical note by Ilyon explaining the locations he mentions relative to his own time.

Section six provides two childhood names for Wonhyo, So-tang and Sin-tang (274), explains what happened to Wonhyo's mother the night he was conceived, claims 617 was the year of Wonhyo's birth (275), tells of Wonhyo's character as a youth, and explains which texts Ilyon uses as sources.

Section seven tells the tale of how Wonhyo attempts to find a wife.

Section eight explains the deeds of Wonhyo's son, Sol Ch'ong.

Section nine explains how and why Wonhyo took the name Sosong Kosa and performed a mask dance around the country with Mu-ae, a gourd like "utensil" (276) he created in order to proliferate Hwaom sect Buddhist teachings.

Section ten briefly mentions a forty chapter "commentary on the Hwaom scripture" (276) Wonhyo wrote and Wonhyo's life at "Punhwang temple" (276). It then describes Wonhyo's composition of a song about Sammae-gyong. This took place riding an ox and with the help of Taean Popsa.

Section eleven, the final section, describes what happened to Wonhyo's bones after his death, his son's filial piety, and the miracle that occurred surrounding Wonhyo's image, all of which took place at "Pun-hwang-sa" (277).

People:
  • Ingp'i-kong, p.273
    • Choktae-kong, p.273
  • King Munmu of Silla, p.274
  • King Chinp'yong of Silla, p.275
  • Sol Ch'ong, p.275-277
  • Taean Popsa, p.277
  • T'aejong, p.275 
    • King Muryol, p.275
  • Tamnal-naemal, p.273
  • Wonhyo, p.273-277
    • Kaksung, p.276
    • Sin-tang, p.274
    • Sosong Kosa, p.276
    • So-tang, p.274

Places:
  • Apnyang county, p.274
  • Chain-hyon, p.274
  • Ch'ang-nyong, p.274
  • China, p.276
  • Ch'ogae-sa, p.274
    • Ch'ogae, p.276
  • Choktaeyon pool, p.273
  • Haju, p.274
  • Ha-Sangju, p.274
  • Kyongju, p.274, 275
  • Kyongju's Namsan, p.275
  • Munch'on-gyo, p.275
  • Pulchich'on, p.274 (This may or may not be Puljich'on)
  • Puljich'on, p.274
    • Pulji, p.276
  • Punhwang temple, p.276
    • Pun-hwang-sa, p.277
  • Sala-sa, p.274
  • Sammae-gyong, p.276
  • Sangju, p.274
  • Sapnyangju, p.274
  • Silla, p.274-276
  • Yosok Palace, p.275
  • Yulgok, p.274

Texts:
  • Book of Odes, p.275
  • Biographies of Silla, the, p.275
  • Confucian Classics, the, p.275
  • Six Chinese Classics, p.276
  • Sol Ch'ong's works, p.275-276
  • Wonhyo's writings
    • Wonhyo's autobiography, p.275
    • Wonhyo's biography, p.274 (This may or may not be the same as Wonhyo's autobiography)
    • Wonhyo's "commentary on the Hwaom scripture," p.276
    • Wonhyo's gourd song, p.276
    • Wonhyo's "song about Sammae-gyong," p.276

Other images, themes, etc. worth mentioning:
  • Breaking a Buddhist Commandment, p.276
  • Childbirth, p.274-275
  • Filial Piety (Son), p.277
  • Gourd, p.276
  • Greedy Slave, p.274
  • Horns (Animal), p.277
  • Idu, p.276
  • Inkstone, Writing Brush, and Writing Paper, p.276-277
  • Just Magistrate (Local), p.274
  • Lifelike Image, p.277
  • Marriage, p.275
  • Mask Dance, p.276
  • Memorial Service, p.277
  • Miracle, p.277
  • Mu-ae, p.276
  • Namuami-tabul, p.276
  • Over-sized Chestnuts, p.274
  • Riding an Animal (Ox), p.276
  • Sage, p.275 (Here the word "sage" is mentioned in passing.)
  • Sala-su, p.274
  • Sala-yul, p.274
  • Sea Dragon, p.276
  • Temple Abbot (Generous), p.274
  • Usurers and Poor Old Bachelors, p.276
  • Wise King, p.275

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