Vajracchedika prajnaparamita Sutra (The Diamond Sutra) with Commentaries by Three Masters, Volumes 2, 3, 4, and 5

Among the commentaries on the Diamond Sutra known as the Five Commentaries on the Diamond Sutra, this book selects the commentaries of three exponents, Zongmi and Zongjing of Tang China and the early Joseon monk Gihwa, and provides them with gugyeol reading marks and a Hangul translation, or eonhae. The eonhae translation, begun by royal command in the reign of King Sejong, was completed under King Seongjong, and 300 copies of this book were printed with metal type, the Jeongchuk and Eulhae types, in 1482, the twelfth year of King Seongjong. The book measures 36.7 cm in height and 24.3 cm in width, and the Kyujanggak Institute holds Volumes 2 to 5 in four books. The King Sejong the Great Memorial Society recently discovered Volume 1, which, combined with the other four, completes a full set of five volumes in five books. This book confirms that the publication of Buddhist scriptures in early Joseon continued as a royal succession project from the reign of King Sejong through to that of King Seongjong, and, because it mixes different forms of Hangul orthography, it is also a valuable source for the study of the Korean script.

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Gwanak-gu, Seoul

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