圓仁의『入唐求法巡禮行記』를 통해 본 항해신앙

Abstract

Ennin's Diary The Record of a Pilgrimage to China in Search of the Law contains a lot of valuable information about political, economic, cultural, and religious exchanges through the East Asian Sea in the first half of the 9th century. In addition, it contains valuable data to infer how dangerous ocean navigation is for East Asians at a certain time when navigation technology has not developed, and how the desperate origins of the envoys to preserve their lives and fulfill their duties in such dangerous situations lead to marine faith activities. In the text, through The Record of a Pilgrimage to China in Search of the Law, the researcher considered the contents of the responsible ambassador prayers to the Avalokiteshvara and Bodhisattva Myogyeon to preserve the lives of himself and his party. In addition, examined the navigation faith activities in which officials and fortune tellers on the ship performed rituals to the Great Sumiyoshi God, God of Hachiman and God of thunder ministers of Japanese Shintoism. And looked at the prayers by officials to the local gods of mountains and islands, and the prayers posted by monks to the Dragon King, who guarded the five directions based on Buddhist scriptures. And through Shoku Nihon K̄oki(續日本後紀) examined the royal family's faith activities for the safe navigation of The Japanese misses to Tang China (遣唐使, kentōshi). In the first half of the 9th century, the general aspects of navigation faith activities were examined through the records of Japanese safe navigation from the Tang Dynasty, and based on this, marine faith activities in East Asian waters lacking historical sources were to be inferred.