Giác Hải ( fl. 1100) was a Vietnamese Buddhist Thiền monk and the most famous disciple of fisherman turned Thiền master Không Lộ (1016-1094). He is mentioned in a poem by emperor

Lý Nhân Tông Lý Nhân Tông (22 February 1066 – 15 January 1128), personal name Lý Càn Đức, temple name Nhân Tông was the fourth emperor of the Lý dynasty, ruling the empire of Đại Việt from 1072 until his death in 1128. Succeeding his fat ...

(1066–1127). Chapter 11 of 15th Century writer Nam Ông's

Nam Ông mộng lục Dream memoir of Southern Man ( vi-hantu, 南翁夢錄, link=no, Vietnamese : ''Nam Ông mộng lục'') is a historical record written by Vietnamese official Hồ Nguyên Trừng during his exile in Ming dynasty in the early 15th century. __TOC_ ...

entitled "Tăng đạo thần thông" ( tells the story of how he joined forces with the Daoist master Thông Huyền to slay two demons.Journal of Asian martial arts 2004 - Volume 13 - Page 68 There is a famous story in which a Daoist, Thong Huyen, and a Buddhist monk, Giac Hai, combined their Daoist magic and Buddhist sorcery to slay two toad-like demons that attacked the palace "

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