Yeombulbogwonmun Gate of Naewonjeongsa Temple

This is a single-volume woodblock-printed book published in 1765, the 41st year of King Yeongjo, at Heungnyulsa Temple on Guwolsan Mountain. It was compiled as a piece of popular instruction, spreading among ordinary people the merit of chanting the Buddha's name: it sets out Amitabha's Pure Land and the importance of such chanting, giving the text in both literary Chinese and eonhae, Korean vernacular translation, with the Chinese passages followed by a Korean-language rendering. In particular, the Wangnang Banhonjeon (Tale of Wangnang's Return from the Dead), included at the end of the book, is a Buddhist novel on the theme of the merit of chanting the Buddha's name, and is an important clue to the development of the Korean novel.

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Where it is

Region

Seo-gu, Busan

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산