Jeungtongguksa (; ) was a Korean Royal Prince as the fifth and youngest son of

Taejo of Goryeo Taejo of Goryeo (31 January 877 – 4 July 943), also known as Taejo Wang Geon (; ), was the founder of the Goryeo dynasty, which ruled Korea from the 10th to the 14th century. Taejo ruled from 918 to 943, achieving unification of the Later Three ...

and Queen Sinmyeong, also a

Korean Buddhist Korean Buddhism is distinguished from other forms of Buddhism by its attempt to resolve what its early practitioners saw as inconsistencies within the Mahayana Buddhist traditions that they received from foreign countries. To address this, the ...

monk and was the one who rebuilt Jinpyoyul Temple (진표율사). Later, during the Joseon dynasty periods, the temple was repaired by the King Sejo of Joseon. In the old days, there were about thousands of monks lived in there.

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{{S-end Korean princes Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Goryeo Buddhist monks

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