| LC control no. | n 79006991 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Moon, Sun Myung |
| Variant(s) | Mun, Sŏn-myŏng Wen, Hsien-ming Bun, Senmei Mun, S. M. Mun, San Myung Mūn, San Mīang Mun I︠A︡n Me Sun Myung Moon San Men Mun Mun, I︠A︡n Me Mun, San Men 文 鮮明 문 선명 |
| Biography/History note | Sun Myung Moon (1920-2012) was a Korean religious leader and the founder of the Unification Church.. |
| Birth date | 1920-02-25 |
| Death date | 2012-09-03 |
| Place of birth | Korea |
| Place of death | Kap'yŏng-gun (Korea) |
| Affiliation | Unification Church |
| Profession or occupation | Religious leaders |
| Special note | Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project. Non-Latin script references not evaluated. Non-Latin script references reviewed in NACO CJK Funnel References Project. Founder of Unification Church |
| Found in | His New hope, 1973. Moritzen, N.-P. S.M. Muns Vereinigungskirche, 1981: t.p. (S.M. Mun) p. 2 (San Myung Mun) Kōsum Tālasōphon. ʻĒkkasān rāingān rư̄ang "Latthi Mūnisưm," 1991: p. 11, 1st group (Nāi San Mīang Mūn; North Korean; b. 6 January 1920; into Presbyterian family; close associate of South Korean president Pak Čhung Hī; emigrated to America in 1973) "Mnogie pridut pod imenem moim..." 2001: t.p. (San Men Mun) p. 9 (San Men Mun b. 25 Feb. (or 6 Jan. according to lunar calendar) 1920 in a village in Northern Korea named Sansa Togon-Myon. His real name is Mun I︠A︡n Me and can be translated as Sveti︠a︡shchai︠a︡si︠a︡ Luna Drakona) New York times WWW site, Sept. 4, 2012 (in obituary published Sept. 2: the Rev. Sun Myung Moon; b. Jan. 6, 1920, in a small rural town in what is now North Korea; d. Monday [Sept. 3, 2012], Gapyeong, South Korea, aged 92; Korean evangelist, businessman, and self-proclaimed messiah who built a religious movement notable for its mass weddings, fresh-faced proselytizers, and links to vast commercial interests) Wikipedia, Dec. 2, 2013 (Sun Myung Moon, b. 25 Feb. 1920 in Jeong-ju, now in North Pyongan, North Korea; born Mun Yong-myeong; Korean religious leader, business magnate and media mogul) OCLC, June 26, 2020 (access point: 文 鮮明 = 문 선명 = Moon, Sun Myung; usage: 文 鮮明 = Moon Sun Myung) New York Times, via WWW, September 1, 2023 (September 2, 2012 edition; Rev. Sun Myung Moon; founder of the Unification movement; founded the Kwang-Ya Church in 1946, a predecessor of the Unification Church in Pyongyang, where he was imprisoned by Communist authorities; moved to Seoul, where he founded the Unification Church in 1954; the church became prominent in the United States in the 1970s; Moon expanded business interests in several countries) |
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