# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jinul
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:01:07.370Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jinul"
name: "Jinul"
slug: "jinul"
description: "Jinul Puril Bojo Daesa, often called Jinul or Chinul for short, was a Korean monk of the Goryeo period, who is considered to be the most influential figure in the formation of Korean Seon (Zen) Buddhism. He is credited as the founder of the Jogye Order, by working to unify the disparate sects in Korean Buddhism into a cohesive organization."
tagline: "Korean Seon Buddhist monk (1158–1210)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jinul%2C_Korean_philosopher%2C_Buddhist_monk.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1158"
deathDate: "1210"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.18
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.16623733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ko.wikiquote.org/wiki/%EC%A7%80%EB%88%8C"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinul"
    title: "Jinul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinul"
    title: "Jinul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinul"
    title: "Jinul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinul"
    title: "Jinul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9F%A5%E8%A8%A5"
    title: "知訥"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A7%80%EB%88%8C"
    title: "지눌"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinul"
    title: "Chinul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pojo_Chinul"
    title: "Pojo Chinul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Чинуль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bojo_Jinul"
    title: "Bojo Jinul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%AD_N%E1%BB%99t"
    title: "Trí Nột"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9F%A5%E8%A8%A5"
    title: "知訥"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q704894"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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