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Kim
Dae-seong was conceived in 699 after a man's death,
who had been |
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called
Dae-seong. His father was Kim Mun-ryang. (There could
be some |
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mysteric
points in the pregancy of him. I guess that...) |
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When
he was born, he grabbed his palm tightly for six days.
It was so |
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pecular that his father kept his eyes on it. |
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On
the seventh day, at last he opened his palm. And there
was a carved |
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Chinese letter in his palm. ( It might be ? ) |
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As
he was getting older, he liked riding horses and hunting. |
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He
was appointed as Prime Minister at the age of 45. |
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The
King GyeongDeok decided to revise the temple 'BeopHeungSa' |
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in the wish of the prosperity of his kingdom. (BeopHeungSa=>BulGukSa) |
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After
retiring the position, Dae-seong was in charge of building
BulGukSa |
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in
750. While BulGukSa was being built, he planned and
outlined another |
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project,
SeokGulAm. |
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Carving
stone was a hard work, but he did devote himself to
it, sometimes |
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dreaming a strange dream. (There is an interesting story
on covering |
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the top of ceiling) |
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As
you see, SeokGulAm is so exquisite that I wonder how
a man could |
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go
off that kind of esthetic sense. |
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He
died in 774, just before of the completion of the work. |
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