Worin seokbo (Episodes from the Life of Sakyamuni Buddha), Volume 22

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 the Buddha Sakyamuni, that is, his biography. When Queen Soheon, of the Sim clan, died in 1446, the twenty-eighth year of King Sejong, Sejong ordered his son Prince Suyang (later King Sejo) to compile a Hangeul biography of the Buddha, drawing on Buddhist texts, in order to pray for her repose; this became Seokbo sangjeol. In 1447, the twenty-ninth year of his reign, Sejong read Seokbo sangjeol and composed hymns of praise corresponding to each two verses of it; this became Worin cheongangjigok. As no complete set of Worin seokbo survives today, the total number of volumes cannot be confirmed. Worin seokbo, Volume 22, is a later edition, re-carved and published on the basis of the edition first issued in the reign of King Sejo, in a single volume bound as one book. The book measures approximately 22.2 cm in width and 32 cm in height. The exact date of publication is unknown, but comparison with re-carved editions produced at Huibangsa Temple and at Muryanggul, Gapsa Temple, suggests it dates from around the same period, and it is presumed to predate the Japanese invasions of 1592–1598 (the Imjin War).

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