한용운 韓龍雲

Buddhist monk, poet, and independence activist (art name Manhae); one of the 33 National Representatives

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Life1879 ~ 1944
Era근현대
Clan청주 한씨

Life & career

Han Yong-un (韓龍雲, 1879–1944) was a Buddhist monk, poet, and independence activist, with the art name Manhae (萬海). He wrote the Treatise on the Reformation of Korean Buddhism (Joseon Bulgyo Yusinron), calling for reform of Buddhism.

In 1919 he took part in the Declaration of Independence as one of the 33 National Representatives of the March First Movement and suffered imprisonment. With his poetry collection Nim-ui Chimmuk (The Silence of My Beloved, 1926) he left a great mark on modern Korean poetry, and he is honored as a resistance poet who kept his integrity to the very end.

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