Borimsa Temple Four Guardian Kings Sang Votive Yukgyeong hapbu

Borimsa Temple is located on Gajisan Mountain in Jangheung County, South Jeolla Province, and was founded in 860 by the Silla monk Chejing. This book is one of the artefacts that had been placed inside the belly of one of the Four Guardian Kings statues at Borimsa Temple for safekeeping. The Yukgyeong hapbu (Compilation of Six Sutras) brings together into a single volume six scriptures that were widely popular in the early Joseon period: the Diamond Sutra, the Chapter on the Vows of Samantabhadra from the Avatamsaka Sutra, the Great Buddha's Crown Śūraṅgama Dharani, the Amitabha Sutra, the Litany Text of Avalokitesvara, and the Universal Gate Chapter of Avalokitesvara from the Lotus Sutra. The oldest edition printed in Korea is the one produced at Ansimsa Temple in Gosan, Jeolla Province, in 1424, the sixth year of King Sejong, and more than twenty other editions are known to survive today. Most of these were concentrated in the 15th century, before the Japanese invasions of 1592. Five different editions comprising six volumes were found at Borimsa Temple, and these too were found to have mostly been produced in the 15th century. Among them, the editions with certain publication dates include the Geumsasa edition of 1449, the 31st year of King Sejong; the Wonamsa edition of Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, from 1457, the third year of King Sejo; the Seonjong-gaepan (Seon school reprint) edition of 1460, the sixth year of King Sejo; and the Hwaamsa edition of Gosan, Jeolla Province, from 1488, the 19th year of King Seongjong. These artefacts have survived to the present in extremely rare condition, giving them very high value as national heritage.

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Where it is

Region

Jangheung, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산