Gim Gyo-gak (김교각, 金喬覺, 696-794), or Jin Qiaojue in

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, also known as his buddhist name Jijang(地藏), was a

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monk believed to be the manifestation of Ksitigarbha at

Mount Jiuhua Mount Jiuhua () located in Chizhou, Anhui Province in China is an important Buddhist site and natural scenic spot. It is one of the four famous Buddhist mountains in China, one of the first batch of 5A level scenic spots in China, one of the fir ...

, one of the four sacred mountains of

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, located in

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province, China. Gim Gyo-gak was a

Silla Silla or Shilla (57 BCE – 935 CE) ( , Old Korean: Syera, Old Japanese: Siraki2) was a Korean kingdom located on the southern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula. Silla, along with Baekje and Goguryeo, formed the Three Kingdoms of K ...

prince, who became interested in

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when visiting

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at the age of 24. Upon returning to

, he decided to become a monk. In 719, he returned to China to cultivate himself at

. He died in 794 in Mount Jiuhua, at the age of 99. The monks there believed that Ksitigarbha was reincarnated in him.

thereafter became the sacred site of Ksitigarbha.Show China
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Mount Jiuhua Tang dynasty Buddhist monks Silla people Korean Buddhist monks Korean emigrants to China 696 births 794 deaths Kṣitigarbha {{Buddhism-bio-stub