명대(明代) 『출상금강반야바라밀경(出相金剛般若波羅蜜經)』의 계통과 판화 도상 연구

Abstract

This paper investigates the genealogy and time of compilation of the Illustrated Diamond Sutra from the Ming period, and examines its illustrations through comparison with illustrated sutras from earlier periods. This sutra includes annotations as illustrations in the main text. Considering the rare annotations it shares with the Collected Commentaries on the Diamond Sutra(金剛經集解), this sutra was likely compiled in Southern Song China. The Illustrated Diamond Sutra was first published by private publishers in Beijing during the Xuande era, and four copies from the Ming period survive. This sutra includes 76 engravings that were modelled after those in the Yuan-period Diamond Sutra but were printed in a new format with new sketches. The engravings at the beginning and end, which do not exist in the Yuan sutra provide information about early Ming Buddhist engravings. The engravings in the main text succeeded the tradition while adding new motifs and backgrounds. They feature the styles of the Zhe school(浙派) that were popular at the court. This is probably because court painters participated in private publishing of Buddhist sutras that were thriving in Beijing, producing collections of unique engravings with the quality of court engravings, as examplified by the Illustrated Diamond Sutra.