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{{Infobox Chinese
| title = Hyegwan
| kanji = 慧灌 
| hiragana = えかん
| revhep = Ekan
| hangul = 혜관
| hanja = 慧灌
| rr = Hyegwan
| mr = Hyegwan
| ibox-order = ja, ko1}}
'''Hyegwan''' ([[Japanese language|Japanese]]: {{Nihongo|'''Ekan'''|慧灌||year of birth and death unknown; 7th century CE}} was a priest who came across the sea from [[Goguryeo]] to [[Japan]] in the [[Asuka period]]. He is known for introducing the Chinese Buddhist school of [[Sanlun]] to Japan.<ref>Keown, Damien (2008). A Dictionary of Buddhism, Oxford University Press, 3rd ed. {{ISBN|0192800620}}, p. 252</ref><ref>Bunyiu Nanjio (1886). [https://archive.org/stream/shorthistoryoftw00nanjrich#page/46/mode/2up A short history of the twelve Japanese Buddhist sects], Tokyo: Bukkyo-sho-ei-yaku-shupan-sha;  p. 46</ref>

Hyegwan studied under [[Jizang]] and learned Sanron. In 625 (the 33rd year of [[Empress Suiko]]), he was dispatched to Japan by an order of King [[Yeongnyu of Goguryeo]],<ref name="shoki">''[[Nihon Shoki]]'', volumes 22, Story of Suiko.[http://applepig.idv.tw/kuon/furu/text/syoki/syoki22_2.htm] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060616193357/http://applepig.idv.tw/kuon/furu/text/syoki/syoki22_2.htm |date=June 16, 2006 }}</ref> and became the founding patriarch of Japanese Sanron. He lived at Gangō-ji (元興寺 Gangō temple) by an Imperial command. However, Gyōnen wrote that Hyegwan did not lecture on Sanron or start the Japanese tradition, although he "held the jade" (i.e., possessed knowledge of the teachings).<ref>Green, Ronald S. and Chanju Mun (2018). Gyōnen's Transmission of the Buddha Dharma in Three Countries. {{ISBN|9789004370388}}, p. 120</ref>

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== References ==
* [[Green, Ronald S. and Chanju Mun|Ronald S. Green and Chanju Mun]] Gyōnen's Transmission of the Buddha Dharma in Three Countries, Leiden: Brill, 2018. p.&nbsp;120-121.[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1028832837]
* [[Fumihiko Sueki|Sueki, Fumihiko]] 末木文美士: "The Sanron School in Japan: A Study of a Chapter of Gyōnen's Sangoku Buppō Denzū Engi" 「三國佛法傅通縁起」日本三論宗章研究, The Memoirs of the Institute of Oriental Culture 東洋文化研究所紀要, No.99, 1986-02, p.&nbsp;71-151.[http://hdl.handle.net/2261/2159]

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[[Category:Goguryeo Buddhist monks]]
[[Category:Sanron Buddhist monks]]
[[Category:Buddhist clergy of the Asuka period]]

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