장서각 소장 보물 『楞嚴經』과 『圓覺經』의 인쇄문화적 가치

Abstract

The author in this study investigated Śūrangama-sūtra (the Korean version) and the Sutra of Perfect Enlishtenment (kugyolbon), two sutras published in the 15th century (under King Seojo), focusing on the existing versions in the printing-cultural aspect. The reason the printing-cultural aspect was focused is that the both sutras as Treasures owned by Changseo-gak are superior materials showing true characters of Korea's printing culture and that each of them serve as important materials among Gangyeongdogam and metal printing type sutras, which are significant in the history of Korean ancient printing. Due do their printing-cultural values, the two sutras were designated by Treasures. The importance of the sutras as the materials of bibliography and history of Korean language is closely related to Gangyeongdogam, the publishing agency, and the activity of sutra publishing of King Seojo, who established the agency. In this study, the background of the publishing and the printing-cultural significance of each sutra were identified on the basis of the existing researches. Furthermore, the author reviewed the materials as the existing versions and identified the distributions of editions and their actual conditions. Śūrangama-sūtra is a Korean version that was translated and published by Gangyeongdogam under the order of King Seojo (in the 8th year of his reign, or 1462). This version of Gangyeongdogam, in particular, should be usefully treated in the aspect of textual bibliography because it was corrected and published with wood-block prints based on the version that was translated and reviewed to be Korean by high priests and great Confucianists such as Shin Mi, Han Kye Hee, and Kim Su On and printed with Eul-yu-ja type. The Sutra of Perfect Enlishtenment was interpreted by Jong Mil, added of kugyols by King Seojo, and printed with Eul-yu-ja type in the 11th year of his reign, or 1465. Eul-yu-ja type was made on the basis of the handwritings of Chung Nan Jong in 1465 (Lunar year of Eul-yu). Although based on the Korean version of Gangyeongdogam, it contained only the edited parts of the korean kugyols from the sutras and notes, printed with Eul-yu-ja. Therefore its kugyols are identical with those of the Korean version of Sutra of Perfect Enlishtenment published by Gangyeongdogam. This Sutra of Perfect Enlishtenment with Eul-yu-ja is a significant material in the study of the 15th-century national language and bibliography, for it has few transmitted copies because it printed with types that were mainly made in order to publish sutras and it is one of rare versions because it was the first-printed one with clear printing.