# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jajang
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:25:06.345Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jajang"
name: "Jajang"
slug: "jajang"
description: "Jajang (590–658) was a monk born Kim Seonjong, into the royal Kim family, in the kingdom of Silla. He is credited with founding the temple of Tongdosa in 646 CE, near in what is now Busan, South Korea, and played a significant role in the adoption of Buddhism as the national religion of Silla. His biography is told in the anthology of Korean Buddhism: \"Jogye Culture Web\", Vol 10."
tagline: "Korean Buddhist monk"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jajang-monk.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "590"
deathDate: "658"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.97
  momentum:             1.45985401459854
  historical:           8.950289333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jajang_Yulsa"
    title: "Jajang Yulsa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jajang"
    title: "Jajang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%85%88%E8%97%8F"
    title: "慈藏"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dtp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jajang"
    title: "Jajang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jajang"
    title: "Jajang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jajang"
    title: "Jajang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jajang"
    title: "Jajang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%85%88%E8%94%B5"
    title: "慈蔵"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9E%90%EC%9E%A5"
    title: "자장"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chajang"
    title: "Chajang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1141038"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump