Conference on Korean Buddhism

Monday, 22nd September 2008, 18.00. Theater of Italian Embassy Cultural Institute (2 Sanlitun Dong Er Jie, Beijing)

Tonino Puggioni, Ph. D. in Korean History, Seoul National University
(The conference will be held in English. Free entrance)

The conference will describe the principal points of the history of Korea; the place of Buddhism in Korean history; its introduction during the period of the Three Kingdoms and development in the Silla and Koryo periods. Particular attention will be given to the development of state, cultural and religious institutions during the Koryo period; the demise of Buddhism during the Choson period; the relations between Koryo and the Yuan; the activities of Koryo Buddhist monks in Yuan China and the influence of Chinese Buddhism on the development of Korean Son (Chan).