Worin seokbo (Episodes from the Life of Sakyamuni Buddha), Volumes 7 and 8

Worin seokbo is a Buddhist scripture compiled in 1459, the fifth year of King Sejo, by combining Worin cheongangjigok and Seokbo sangjeol. Seokbo means a chronicle of Sakyamuni Buddha, that is, an account of his life. When Queen Soheon, of the Shim clan, died in 1446, the twenty-eighth year of King Sejong, King Sejong ordered his son Prince Suyang (later King Sejo) to pray for her repose by consulting Buddhist texts and translating and compiling them into Hangeul; the result was Seokbo sangjeol. In 1447, the twenty-ninth year of his reign, King Sejong read Seokbo sangjeol and composed hymns of praise corresponding to each pair of verses; this became Worin cheongangjigok. As a complete set of Worin seokbo does not survive today, the total number of volumes originally produced cannot be confirmed. Volumes 7 and 8 of Worin seokbo are likewise from the first edition, published in King Sejo's reign, comprising two volumes in two books. The books measure 22.2 cm in width and 32.2 cm in height. In Volume 7, the first through fifth leaves are missing, and other parts have also come away, with hand-copied leaves supplementing the losses. The content covers cantos 177 to 201 of Worin cheongangjigok, while Volume 8 contains cantos 202 to 250.

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