통일신라시대 「無垢淨光大陁羅尼經」의 서체 연구

Abstract

This study explores the characteristics and origin of the calligraphic styles found in Mugu jeonggwang dae darani-gyeong(Great Dharani Sutra of Immaculate and Pure Light) published in the United Silla Period. It can be said that this Sutra inferred to be published in the 8th century was influenced in part by the Tang dynasty, because it contains the Wu-Zhou characters made during the Wu-Zhou Period. Its calligraphic style, however, is not the same as the Chu Suiliang's and Yu Shinan's styles which were very popular in copying sutras during the Tang Dynasty. The callygraphic style of this Sutra are also different from the orderly styles found on the tombstones of the royal families in the United Silla through the 7th to the 8th centuries, written mostly in the Ouyang Xun's style. This unique style seems to come from the unrestricted calligraphic styles of the Old Silla in the 6th century, often found on the tombstones written by unknown calligraphers. "The Sillanization" of its calligraphic style is one of the proofs that this Sutra was published in Silla during the United Silla Period. The importance of its calligraphic style should be valued as much as its bibliographical research, and therefore is worth further pursuing.