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Abstract

I take a look at Uicheon's life, achievements and idealogical aim in general. His works which were not limited only in Goryo but also spread out to Song, Yo and Japan, prove that he was a universalist. Especially his seeking Dharma, establishing Cheontai and active works closed to real life were very good evidences for it. On the matter of establishment of Cheontai, it is possible to have a question : What did tenet mean to Uicheon? There were already several certainly rooted tenets such as Hwaeom and Yoga at that time. In this circumstance, it must have been risky to build up a new tenet to overcome existing ones' limit. When he decided to establish Cheontai despite this situation, he probably did not want it to be similar or jsut superior to others. What he aimed at was coexisting with other tenets. He eagered to estalish the one tenet that could lead various Buddhist traditions to right way and cooperate with other tenets to achieve Buddhism's development without stagnation. Compare to the seekers of Dharma crossing the deserts and climbing rugged mountains, his passages were much easier because he had always been hospitally treated and followed by chamberlains. Additionally, as he had the title of a prince, he was inevitably far from the public and his respecting Wonhyo. However, those facts cannot fade his ideal and works. He saw through what was asked in his time ahead of anyboby else. And his answer for the question was a new generous tenet embracing all the others based on firm and steady doctrines.