Ennin

Ennin (圓仁 gold 円仁) (794 - 864 a. J.C.), better known with the Japan under its posthumous name of Jikaku Daishi (慈覺大師), was a priest of the school Tendai (天台) direct disciple of Kogyo Daîshi the founder of this school in Japan. He is the author of an account of voyage in the China of the Tang and the kingdom of Silla in Korea of great documentary and historical value.

He was born in the family Mibu (壬生) in current the Préfecture from Tochigi with the Japan and he entered priesthood Bouddhiste to Enryakuji (延暦寺) on the Mont Hiei (比叡山: Hieizan) close to Kyōto at the 14 years age.

In 838, its departure for China marks the beginning of a succession of tribulations and adventures (Buddhism being persecuted at this period). Initially, he studies under the aegis of two Masters and spends a certain time to Wutaishan (五臺山; ja: Godaisan), an assembly line known for its many Buddhist temples in the province of Shanxi. After, it goes to Chang' year (ja: Choan), then the capital, where it is ordered according to the ritual of both Mandala S (Kongôkaï and Taïzôkaï).

In 847, it goes back to Japan, and in 854 becomes the first hiérarque one of the Tendai sect in Enryakuji, where it makes build buildings to store the Sutra religious S and other instruments which it reported of China. Ennin also founds the temple of Ryushakuji to Yamadera.

He is the author of more than 100 pounds. Its notebook of voyage in China (入唐求法巡礼行記, Nitto Guho Junrei Koki) was translated into English by Professor Edwin O. Reischauer under the title Ennin' S Diary: The Record off has Pilgrimage to China in Search off the Law (Ronald Press, New York: 1955). It offers a rare outline of the personality of Jang Bogo.

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