A digital publication from the J. Willard Marriott Library
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A smiling man with gray hair sits at a wooden booth in a cozy restaurant. He wears a navy polo and has glasses hanging from the neckline. Warm lighting and potted plants create a relaxed ambiance.

Richard McBride

Richard McBride is Professor of Korea and Buddhist Studies in the Asian & Near Eastern Languages Department at Brigham Young University (BYU). He teaches courses on premodern and modern Korean literature, literary Sino-Korean, Korean culture, and premodern Korean history. His research interests include Korean and Chinese Buddhist doctrine and practice and early Korean history, particularly of the state of Silla.