해인사 대장경판의 기능 및 수량 재지정 문제에 관한 고찰

Abstract

This study discusses the functions and reassigning the number of the wooden printing blocks of the Tripitaka Koreana stored in Haeinsa. Major findings are as follows: First, in Chapter Two, it was discussed that the Tripitaka Koreana stored in Haeinsa had its roots in the Jinbyong Tripitaka Koreana, that is, the First Edition of Tripitaka Koreana which helped defend Goryeo from the war. Therefore, it was confirmed that the Tripitaka Koreana stored in Haeinsa had been carved to inherit the spirit of defending the country represented in the Jinbyong Tripitaka Koreana. Second, in Chapter Three, the functions and significance of the Tripitaka Koreana stored in Haeinsa were discussed. It was confirmed that the Tripitaka Koreana stored in Haeinsa had ① the function of defending the country, ② the function of cumulating the extant collection of Buddhist treatises, laws, and scriptures, and ③ the function of completing it as the most comprehensive version of the Tripitaka Koreana. Third, in Chapter four, the whole quantity of wooden printing blocks of the Tripitaka Koreana stored in Haeinsa was discussed. It was computed that 81,234 pieces of the original woodblocks and 118 pieces of the supplementary woodblocks made a total of 81,352 pieces of woodblocks of the Tripitaka Koreana stored in Haeinsa.