Hyechong

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Hyechong also known as Esō was a Buddhist monk from Baekje who travelled to Japan in the Asuka period to transmit Buddhism.^[1]

Hyechong
Japanese name
Kanji	慧灌 or 惠聰
Hiragana	えそう
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Esō
Korean name
Hangul	혜총
Hanja	慧灌 or 惠聰
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Hyechong McCune–Reischauer Hyech'ong

Traveling to Japan in 595 (the 3rd year of Empress Suiko), he preached Buddhism. When Hōkō-ji (法興寺, Hōkō temple), which is now Ango-in (安居院) or Asuka-dera (飛鳥寺, Asuka temple) was completed in 596, the monk lived with the priest Eji from Goguryeo, and together they were called "Sanpō no Tōryō" (三宝の棟梁, "The leaders of three treasures").^[2]