Geumjang yojipgyeong (Collection of the Essentials of Sutras), Volumes 1-2

This book comprises two of the seven volumes (Volumes 1 to 2) compiled by Dogi, a monk of the Northern Qi, drawing on tales of cause and effect from across the sutras that were useful for Buddhist edification. On the line following the opening title, a brief table of contents is given, specifically naming the twenty-two sections, called yeon, that make up the work, so that the whole content can be surveyed at a glance. Immediately after this contents list, the heading of the first section begins, followed by a detailed sub-list of contents for that section. Beneath the title where each item of content begins, the precise source of the passage quoted is given in small double-column characters. The printing format shows features commonly found in Goryeo Buddhist texts of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, and along the lower margin of the block, the names of carvers such as Hyeonsa, Munhyang and Baekgi are engraved. These men also appear among those who worked on the Jaejo Tripitaka, and judging from the condition of the carving, the blocks are thought to have been cut at the end of Goryeo and printed in the early Joseon period. This book survives only as an incomplete set, Volumes 1 to 2 bound as a single book, but as an edition now rarely found either in Korea or abroad it has considerable rarity value, and since its table of contents specifically names all twenty-two sections, it is an important source for understanding the work's full content.

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Where it is

Region

Geumjeong-gu, Busan

Designation

Treasure · 보물