Mangong

{{Short description|Korean Buddhist monk (1871–1946)}}

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| name = Mangong
만공
{{lang|ko|滿空}}

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| caption = Mangong, circa 1940

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| school = Seon Buddhism

| title = Zen Master

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{{Buddhism}}Mangong ({{Korean|hangul=만공|hanja=滿空}}, 1871–1946) or Song Mangong was a Korean Buddhist monk, independence activist, scholar, poet, writer, and philosopher during the Japanese occupation of Korea. Mangong was born in Jeongeup, Jeonbuk Province in 1871 and was ordained at the age of 14.{{cite news | title=Wolmyeon Mangong| url=http://www.ibulgyo.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=63691

| agency=Bulgyo Sinmun |date=12 January 2005 | access-date=25 October 2015}} Though he spent three years teaching Zen tradition in Mahayeon Temple in Keumkang Mountain and briefly served as the abbot of Magok Temple, he spent most of his life teaching Zen at Deoksung Mountain in Yesan, Chungnam Province. Mangong revitalized the Zen tradition of Korean Buddhism along with his teacher, Zen Master Kyongho.{{cite news | title=Temple plaque of Zen Master Mangong| url=http://www.hyunbulnews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=131996

| agency=Hyeondai Bulgyo |date=15 November 2000 | access-date=25 October 2015}}