Míngkōng 明空 (active Tang), Tang Buddhist scholar-monk; the sī chāo 私鈔 (“private sub-commentary”) writer on Shōtoku Taishi’s Shōman gisho 勝鬘經義疏 in the Shèng mán jīng shū yì sī chāo 勝鬘經疏義私鈔 (X353). Per DILA A000659. Birth and death dates not preserved. (A second Míngkōng of the Suí dynasty exists in DILA A005499 and is distinct.)