The Haedong Kosung-jon of Korea ( Biographies of High Monks ) records that King Beopheung of Silla had desired to promulgate Buddhism as the state religion.

Haedong myeongjangjeon ( Biographies of famed Korean Generals ), written in 18th century Joseon, states that he was from the Mountain Seokda ( 石多山 ) in Pyongyang.

) Lives of Eminent Korean Monks: The Haedong Kosŭng Chŏn ( by Gakhun ).

* Haedong Goseungjeon, Lives of Eminent Korean Monks

The Hwarang segi survived to the time that Kim Busik 金富軾 ( 1075 – 1151 ) compiled the Samguk sagi, but is believed to have been lost since the 13th century, because no reference to the Hwarang segi was made after reference to the text found in monk Gakhun's 覺訓 Haedong goseung jeon 海東高僧傳 ( Lives of Eminent Korean Monks, ca.

The first extant Korean text to mention Gija ( the Korean pronunciation of Jizi ) was Kim Busik's Samguk Sagi ( completed in 1145 ), which claimed that Gija had been enfeoffed in Haedong ( 海東: Korea ) by the Zhou court, but commented that this account was uncertain because of the brevity of the sources.

1285 ), and the partially extant Haedong Goseungjeon ( 1215 ), a compilation of biographies of famous monks of the Three Kingdoms.

There are also several martial arts clubs teaching a variety of disciplines including Karate, Kickboxing, Savate, Krav Maga, Haedong Kumdo, Ninjitsu and Tai Chi.

Over the years, Castlebar has hosted several major international Martial Arts seminars with instructors such as S. Kato Sensei ( 9th Dan Shotokan ), T. Nagamine Hanshi-sei ( 10th Dan Matsubayashi-ryu ), Kim Jeong Seong ( 9th Dan Haedong Kumdo ) and Tommy Lawlor ( 15th dan Bujinkan Ninjutsu ).

Haidong Gumdo, also spelled Haedong kumdo, is a name coined around 1982 and used for several Korean martial arts organizations that use swords.

Most notable are Haidong Gumdo by the original organization ( Daehan Haidong Gumdo Federation ) under Kim Jeong-Ho, and Haedong Kumdo by the largest offshoot ( Hanguk Haedong Gumdo Federation ) under Na Han-Il.

Haedong Gumdo derives its name from Haedong Seongguk Balhae ( 海東盛國渤海 ), a name for Balhae, a medieval kingdom in the region of northeastern Korea, and southern Manchuria.

The Honkōji copy resembles maps in the Haedong Jegukgi ( 1471 ), suggesting that information was regularly updated.

Haidong Gumdo ( Haedong Gumdo ( 海東劍道 " Korean way of the sword ") arose in the 1980s from the desire to reconstruct a native Korean " battlefield " style of swordsmanship, moving away from the Kendo heritage of Gumdo.

According to the Continued Biographies of Eminent Monks ( 645 ) by Daoxuan, Shaolin Monastery was built on the north side of Shaoshi, the central peak of Mount Song, one of the Sacred Mountains of China, by Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty in 477.

* Shaolin Temple is founded ( according to the Continued Biographies of Eminent Monks ( 645 ) by Dàoxuān, the monastery is built on the north side of Shaoshi, the western peak of Mount Song, one of the four Sacred Mountains of China, by emperor Xiao Wen Di of the Northern Wei Dynasty in 477.

The classical Zen-texts, such as the transmission lists, called " Transmission of the Lamp "; the Kao-seng-chuan ( Biographies of Eminent Monks ), such as Anthology of the Patriarchal Hall ( 952 ) and the Jingde Records of the Transmission of the Lamp ( published 1004 ); the " yü-lü " genre, the recorded sayings of the masters ; and the various koan-collections, contain accounts of " enlightenment experiences ".

In the Two Entrances and Four Acts and the Continued Biographies of Eminent Monks, Daoyu and Huike are the only explicitly identified disciples of Bodhidharma.

* Biographies of Monks of the Ancient ( 고승전 )

" For example, Daoxuan's ( c. 667 ) Xu gaoseng zhuan 續高僧傳 " Continued Biographies of Eminent Monks " records five monastics who self-immolated on the Zhongnan Mountains in response to the 574-577 persecution of Buddhism by Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou ( known as the " Second Disaster of Wu ").

Another literary device for establishing those traditions was given by the Kao-seng-chuan ( Biographies of Eminent Monks ), compiles around 530.

The link between this sutra and the “ Bodhidharma school ” is provided in Tao-hsuan ’ s Further Biographies of Eminent Monks where, in the biography of Fa-ch ’ ung he “ stresses that Hui-k ’ o was the first to grasp the essence of the Lankavatara Sutra ” and includes Sengcan as one who “ discoursed on but did not write about the profound message of the Lankavatara Sutra.

The earliest recorded note naming Sengcan is in Further Biographies of Eminent Monks ( 645 ) ( Japanese, Zoku kosoden ; Pin-yin, Hsu kao-seng chuan ) by Tao-hsuan (?- 667 ) where Sengcan is named, immediately after Huike ’ s name, as one of seven disciples of Huike in a biographical entry of the Lankavatara sutra master, Fa-ch ’ ung ( 587-665 ) No further information is given.

It was not until the Records of the Transmission of the Dharma-treasure ( Sh ’ uan fa-pao chi ), compiled about 710 and drawing on the stories in the Further Biographies of Eminent Monks, that a teaching “ lineage ” for Chan was created.

Dàoxuān (; Wade-Giles: Tao-hsüan ; CE 596-667 ) was the Chinese Buddhist monk who wrote both the Continued Biographies of Eminent Monks ( 續高僧傳 Xù gāosēng zhuàn ) and Standard Design for Buddhist Temple Construction.

The earliest extant biography of the Chán patriarchs is the Biographies of Eminent Monks ( 519 ) ( Chinese: 高僧傳 Gāo Sēng Zhuàn ) and its sequel, Further Biographies of Eminent Monks ( Chinese: 隋高僧傳 Suí Gāo Sēng Zhuàn ; Japanese: Zoku kosoden ) ( 645 ) by Tao-hsuan (?- 667 ).

Tao-hsuan listed Huike and his circle of disciples as masters of meditation, and the Lankavatara Sutra, in his Further Biographies of Eminent Monks ( Chinese: 高僧傳 Wade-Giles: Hsu kao-seng chuan ; Japanese: Zokuk kosoden )

* Biographies of monarchs & other royalty from those little known kingdoms that existed in Britain during the Age of King Arthur at -

In a review in Booklists of Epstein's book of poetry The Traveler's Calendar, ( February 29, 2002 ) the critic wrote, " Biographies of Aimee Semple McPherson, Nat ' King ' Cole, and Edna St. Vincent Millay have won Epstein greater renown, but his best writing is his mythically and historically haunted poetry .... Epstein's new work ... expresses the sorrows of the middle of life's journey with near-Dantesque poignancy.

In the Biographies portion for instance, not only are a majority of the subjects Sillanese ( 68 %), but the Silla biographies are filled with glorious exemplars of loyalty and bravery.

Tom Sueter of Hampshire, who had scored 3, was the player in question, as recorded in Scores and Biographies.

Chaste widows were revered as heroes during the Ming and Qing periods, and were deemed so central to China ’ s culture and the fate of all peoples, the Yongle Emperor distributed 10, 000 copies of the Biographies of Exemplary Women ( Lienü Zhuan ) to various non-Chinese countries for their moral instruction.

* Biographies and biographical profiles ( e. g. Who's Who )

In 1999, the A & E Network ranked Gutenberg the No. 1 most influential person of the second millennium on their " Biographies of the Millennium " countdown.

He followed Birds of America with a sequel Ornithological Biographies.

Biographies of Famous Electrochemists and Physicists Contributed to Understanding of Electricity.

* Mathematician Biographies.

Biographies of the life of Thomas Brackett Reed have been written by Richard Stanley Offenberg, in 1963, and by Mead Dodd in 1930.

Indeed, in the period immediately after his death, Mozart's reputation rose substantially: Solomon describes an " unprecedented wave of enthusiasm " for his work ; biographies were written ( first by Schlichtegroll, Niemetschek, and Nissen ; see Biographies of Mozart ); and publishers vied to produce complete editions of his works.

* John of Ephesus completes his Biographies of Eastern Saints.

* Collection of Resources: Biographies, Essays, Sermon Texts, etc.

Biographies of her have been written primarily in the 20th and 21st centuries by the historian Anne Chambers.

Biographies on important figures were written by various gentrymen.

Women Pioneers in Television: Biographies of Fifteen Industry Leaders.

* Enrique Krauze, Zapata: El amor a la tierra, in the Biographies of Power series.

* National Contest, Containing Portraits and Biographies of Our National Favorites, Darling Bros. & Co., Detroit, Michigan, 1888.

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