Gyeongnyul isang, the Second Tripitaka Koreana Edition, Volume 8

This book is a kind of encyclopaedia compiled for ease of study, drawing key points from the sutras (gyeong) and monastic codes (yul) by topic and indicating their sources. The woodblocks were carved in 1243, the thirtieth year of King Gojong of Goryeo's reign, at the Namhae branch of the Daejang dogam (Tripitaka Directorate), and the book appears to have been printed sometime between the late Goryeo and early Joseon periods. This is Volume 8 of a fifty-volume set, bound from the Goryeo Tripitaka (Tripitaka Koreana). The names of the carvers are also recorded, and the precision and density of the carving vary according to each carver's skill. This volume has a complementary character for research into the Tripitaka of the Goryeo period.

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Yongsan-gu, Seoul

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