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This paper aim at a preliminary study on Gam San(憨山 德淸. 1546〜1623). His life and his books are known to the general public by his autobiography 『Gamsanjajeon(憨山自傳)』. So, this paper will judge the thoughts that are his three religions-unity theory(三敎合一論)'s background and how many dose it have an effect on Korea Buddhism. The three religions-unity theory have been on the history of Buddhism in China. Especially, it was criticized in the Period of North and South Dynasties. Then Su(隋) brought the China under a single authority, and the three religions(Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism) became the fusion-harmony theory(融合調和論) with a government. There are peoples in the Ming-dynasty(明). But, Gam San asserted the three religions-unity theory that is a standpoint of the Hoetong(會通) of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism. And this the three religions-unity theory had an many effect on Korea Buddhism.