Kim Gyo-gak

Kim Gyo-gak
Hangul	김교각
Hanja	金喬覺
Revised Romanization	Kim Gyo-gak
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Kyo-gak

Kim Gyo-gak
Traditional Chinese	金喬覺
Simplified Chinese	金乔觉
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jīn Qiáojué Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Gam1 Kiu4-gok3

Kim Gyo-gak (김교각, 金喬覺, 696-794), or Jin Qiaojue in Mandarin, was a Buddhist monk believed to be the manifestation of Ksitigarbha at Mount Jiuhua, one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism, located in Anhui province, China.

Kim Gyo-gak was a Silla prince, who became interested in buddhism when visiting the Tang China. He became so obsessed that he turned himself into a monk after returning to Silla. In 719, he returned to China to cultivate himself at Mount Jiuhua. He died in 794 in Mount Jiuhua, at the age of 99. The monks there believed that Ksitigarbha was reincarnated in him. Mount Jiuhua thereafter became the sacred site of Ksitigarbha and one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism.