Jungpyeonhyeonsubeopsu

It is a woodblock-printed book bound in the traditional five-hole stitched binding. The cover title reads Beobeo (Dharma Talks), but the original title of the book is Mongsanhwasang Beobeo Yangnok (Excerpted Dharma Talks of the Venerable Mongsan). This book records the Buddha's words and teachings, and served as a manual for monks' practice. The dharma talks of the eminent Yuan-dynasty monk Mongsan Deogi were excerpted during the Goryeo period by the Venerable Boje and arranged by the Venerable Hyegak into twelve sections. Queen Insu (1437-1504), consort of King Deokjong of Joseon, was deeply versed in Buddhism. In 1471, the second year of King Seongjong, she had Buddhist scriptures purchased in Ming China, and in 1472, the third year of King Seongjong, she had 2,815 copies of 29 kinds of Buddhist scripture, including the Lotus Sutra, printed to pray for the repose of King Sejo, King Yejong and Crown Prince Uigyeong. At this time 200 copies of the Mongsanhwasang Beobeorok were also published, and the editions printed then have all been designated as Treasures. The text continued to circulate widely afterwards in further editions, including the Gounsa Temple edition in Chungcheong-do (1516), the Yujeomsa Temple edition in Gangwon-do (1521), the Seongnyunam Hermitage edition in Punggi (1523), the Songgwangsa Temple edition in Suncheon (1577), and the Sinheungsa Temple edition on Jirisan Mountain (1579). The half-frame of this edition measures 14.7cm wide by 20.3cm high, with seven lines of eighteen characters each; the central spine margin, 1.2cm wide, bears a fish-tail design with three-lobed flower motifs facing inward, top and bottom. A list of donors survives at the end of the volume, but the section containing the printing colophon is missing. In paper quality, typeface, and the votive text and list of donors at the end, the book resembles sixteenth-century editions. The Hyeonsu Jeseung Beopsu, Hyeonsu's Numerical Categories of the Buddhist Teachings, is a kind of dictionary that widely collects, from Buddhist scriptures, terms commonly used in Buddhism that are expressed as numbered categories, and arranges them in numerical order for ease of reference. It was compiled by Hyeonsu, the third patriarch of the Hwaeom school, and later revised during the Hongwu era of the Ming dynasty by Haengsim. The book opens with a preface written in 1387, the 13th year of King U of Goryeo, by Beomgo of the Cheontae school. In format, its half-frame measures 13.3cm wide by 18.2cm high, and the central spine margin is 0.5cm, with a fish-tail design of flower motifs facing inward, top and bottom. Starting from the number one, phrases relating to each number are gathered in order, and their interrelated meanings are shown through several hundred kinds of diagrams and illustrations linked by connecting lines, expressing their manifold variations. In the margin above the text frame, related material is recorded in fine brushstrokes, including the Discourse on the Ganges, an account of Confucius's dream of the two pillars, the Rules of Deportment, the Names and Measures of the Earth, and the Chart of Celestial Circuits. In Korea a woodblock-printed edition in one volume was published in 1427, the ninth year of King Sejong; later editions include the Bongseosa Temple edition in Hapcheon (1500) and the Eodueam Hermitage edition in Gosan, Jeolla-do (1570). The Bulseol Yesu Sipwang Saengchiljing, a sutra on the rites for the Ten Kings preached in advance for rebirth, was written by the monk Jangcheon of Daeseongjasa Temple in Seongcheonbu, during the Tang dynasty. It comprises 14 chapters and contains 33 eulogies, describing the practice of chanting the name of Amitabha Buddha in advance in order to be reborn in the Pure Land after death. In Korea, editions include a Goryeo-period Haeinsa Temple woodblock print, as well as a one-volume edition from Seobongsan on Gwanggyosan Mountain (1601) and the Songgwangsa Temple edition on Jogyesan Mountain (1618). In format, the outer frame is a single line with no ruled lines between columns; the half-frame measures 15.4cm wide by 18.5cm high, with eight lines of fifteen characters each. The colophon at the end of the volume records that it was newly carved at Jeungsimsa Temple in Gwangju, Jeolla-do, in 1521, the 16th year of King Jungjong. Similar editions include the Beopjusa Temple edition in Boeun (1568) and a Songgwangsa Temple newly-carved edition (1628), now held at the Harvard-Yenching Library in the United States. Although these are scriptures bound together into a single volume, the uniform condition of the paper suggests that the two texts were combined into one book at the time of production.

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Where it is

Region

Sacheon, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산