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Lee Hoi-gwang (1862–1933) was a Korean Buddhist monk.

Life
He was born in Yangju, became a monk at the age of 19, acquired Jeongham from Sinheungsa Temple in Seoraksan Mountain, and continued the Buddhist monk Boun's teachings at Geonbongsa Temple.

Lee Hoi-gwang was a monk with high reputation enough to be recorded as the last Daegangbaek of Joseon in the "Dongsayeoljeon," which wrote the deeds of high monks in history. For this reason, the Buddhist Research Association, a pro-Japanese Buddhist group organized in 1906 ahead of the signing of the annexation treaty between Korea and Japan, established a sect called Wonjong in 1908 and appointed Lee Hoe-gwang as its final leader.

Lee Hoe-gwang, who began to show pro-Japanese activities from this time, appointed Japanese monk Han Si Takeda as his original advisor at the recommendation of Lee Yong-gu, and promoted a coalition with Sotoshu of Japan as soon as the annexation of Korea and Japan was completed in 1910. The joint signing was on October 6, 1910, and according to this, Joseon Buddhism was merged with Japanese Buddhism. Lee Hoi-gwang, who went to Japan and signed a joint treaty himself, was called "Lee Wan-yong of the Buddhist community" and faced many objections.

The Joseon Governor-General issued an order of inspection the following year, rejecting the alliance with Sotoshu promoted by Lee Hoi-gwang, but appointed him as the chief monk of Haeinsa Temple. He was also the first director of the governor's council, the representative of the 30 headquarters alliance, which was merged under the temple ordinance. Takeda, who was appointed as an advisor to King Wonjong, was a Japanese Buddhist Sotoshu monk who performed the Hyeonseongsa Temple, participated in the Eulmi Incident, and planned the division of Donghak and the use of Iljinhoe through Lee Yong-gu.

Later, in 1915, he organized the Buddhist Promotion Association, a pro-Japanese group, and appointed Jo Jung-eung, one of the Gyeongsul nationalities, as an advisor, and engaged in enthusiastic pro-Japanese activities while confronting another pro-Japanese monk, Kang Dae-ryeon.

Along with other pro-Japanese monks such as Kim Gu-ha, Kang Dae-ryeon, Kwak Beop-kyung, and Kwon Sang-ro, he also participated in the Japanese Buddhist inspection team promoted by Kim Gu-ha, chairman of the Thirty Bonshan Joint Office. They received travel expenses in cash from Yoshimichi Hasegawa, the governor of Joseon, and were warmly welcomed by Lee Wan-yong when he left Korea and invited by Japanese Prime Minister Masatake Terouchi, who served as the governor of Joseon, when he arrived in Japan. Lee Hoi-gwang prepared the scroll as a gift and delivered it to Terauchi.

Immediately after the March 1st Independence Movement in 1919, he visited Japan again to annex Japanese Buddhism and Joseon Buddhism Imjejong. He came back from contact with high-ranking officials of the Japanese government and pushed for a merger, but failed due to opposition from the conflict with Kang Dae-ryeon. As public opinion worsened, monks of Haeinsa Temple submitted a petition to the Governor-General demanding Lee Hoi-gwang's resignation, and in 1924, he was eventually pushed out of the position of governor of the temple. The excessive pro-Japanese tendency and desire for power that caused trouble while directly contacting the home country of Japan over the Japanese Government-General did not help with the relationship with the Governor-General.

Lee Hoi-gwang did not give in to this and changed the current Joseon Buddhism with Gwak Beop-gyeong, who was removed from the position of the governor of Wibongsa Temple,

He submitted a pro-Japanese white paper saying that the Buddhist world should be reformed through the unification of politics and harmony. Kim Gu-ha also participated in the duke together, and Kwak Beop-kyung even moved to Japan with a dry Geonbaekseo, but the plan was thwarted again when the media reported this fact.

After death
The list of 708 pro-Japanese groups announced in 2002 and the National Research Institute for Korean Studies were all included in the list of prospective candidates for the pro-Japanese dictionary of the National Research Institute announced in 2008. It is also included in the list of 195 people who are pro-general national activities announced by the Korea Committee on the Truth and Reconciliation of Pro-General National Acts in 2007.

Evaluation
He is criticized "Lee Wan-yong in the Buddhist world." for selling Buddhism to Japan. In addition, the Sotoshu Treaty of Japan, which he promoted, became an opportunity for the Buddhist community to be divided into ethnic and pro-Japanese groups, and also became the root of the Buddhist civil strife that continued until the late 1980s.

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 * Wonjong
 * Buddhist Association