허영호의 1930·40년대 불교교육 활동과 동국대

Abstract

This dissertation is to trace back Heo Youngho’s buddhist educational activity in 1930～40, especially for Jung’ang Buddhist Special College and Hyehwa Special College, the previous models of Dongguk University, I looked over the story that he led this school and its significance. He led Dongguk University after his study in the department of Buddhism, Daejeong University, in the following year, 1934, Heo Youngho was designated as the dean of Jung’ang Buddhist special college, and then right after the Korea’s liberation, he was inaugurated as the first president of Dongguk University. He was an educational doer who carried out his thought in the real educational field by developing Buddhist activities with modern Buddhist recognition as a modern Buddhist educator. While re-serving a dean and a professor of Jung’ang Buddhist special college, he actively worked for Buddhist youth movements, Mandang and the 2nd director in the Confederation of Joseon Buddhism, General affairs in the alumni of Jung’ang Buddhist college etc. And also Heo Youngho worked for a director and a member of secretaries in Joseon Buddhism, inaugurated as the chief director of Hyehwa special college working for the librarian of Supreme Patriarch, Bang Han’am, he reinstated as the principal of Hyehwa special college after Korea’s emancipation, and he arbitrated the conflict between the religious body and the Confederation of Buddhist Innovation leading Dongguk University as the first president. He resisted against oppression of Japan, in the latter part of his life, he cooperated in the area of Japanese Buddhism, but he also was a scholar and a doer of innovation of modern Buddhism and Modern Buddhist Education. Heo Youngho shared an intention with Kim Beoprin, he insisted that the key factor of modern Buddhist innovation was Buddhist education recognizing the reality of Buddhism precisely participating into the Buddhist youth movement. His educational methodology and its content was not much different from the classes of the current college course, especially by leading the foundation as the first president of Dongguk University, he tried to establish the symbol of school which had an intention to expand the range from the Buddhist study including ordinary people to the field of humanities after the claim as Jung’ang Buddhist special college.