Borimsa Temple Four Guardian Kings Sang Votive Mongsanhwasang yukdoboseol

Borimsa Temple is a temple on Gajisan Mountain in Jangheung County, Jeollanam-do, founded in 860 by the Silla monk Chejing. This book is one of the relics that had been placed inside and kept within the Four Guardian Kings statues at Borimsa Temple. It is an edition of the Yukdoboseol (Extensive Teaching on the Six Realms), compiled by the Yuan-dynasty monk Mongsan Hwasang. Mongsan Hwasang had close ties with the Goryeo National Preceptors Hyegam and Bogam, and exerted great influence on Korean Buddhism from the late Goryeo period onward. Setting out the Ten Dharma Realms made up of the six ordinary realms and the four sagely realms, its central theme is that of leaving the state of an ordinary being to attain the status of a sage. Among the editions produced in Korea, more than sixteen survive, including two whose dates of publication are unknown and one printed in 1490 at Jabiryeongsa Temple in Seoheung, Hwanghae-do. A Hangeul translation was also published in 1584 at Gaesimsa Temple in Seosan, Chungcheong-do. This copy is the 1490 edition from Jabiryeongsa Temple, the oldest surviving Joseon-period edition, and it is of very high value as a piece of national heritage. The calligraphy, by the monk Suam, conveys a strong sense of boldness and differs markedly from later editions.

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Where it is

Region

Jangheung, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산