조선 세종대 『사리영응기』 편찬과 왕실불사의 전통

Abstract

This study was reviewed through Sariyeongeunggi of Buddhist Projects of Naebuldang at 30th year of King Sejong(1448). It was done to understand King Sejong’s intention to establishing and maintaining the foundation of a nation as a king rather than to be treated by King Sejong’s personal faith of Buddhist Projects of Naehuldang. King Sejong had Kim, Su-Ohn compile Sariyeongeunggi and this was published in Printed with Metal Type by commanding it as national organization. Compiling Sariyeongeunggi was considered as a tool to promote the authority of royal family under plan of King Sejong. King Sejong also closely prepared the person in charge. He arranged an expert in each work and had the princes from the legal queen supervise it. And the royal family members were appointed in middle of the moving parade of spectacle and sacred statue of the Buddha. He excluded the successor to him from the Buddhist Services of Naebuldang. He thought out a plan not to be criticized by bureaucrats who studied Confucianism and for the royal family to traditionally participate in the Buddhist Projects by delivering the manual to him to conduct the Buddhist Services. Finally ‘miracles of sarira incarnation’ emerged from Gyeongchanhoe Buddhist ritual of Naebuldang clearly recognized the sarira that King Sejong followed as a symbol come from the ancient royal family and King Sejong aimed at enhancing royal authority through it. He got foothold to pass down the tradition of Buddhist Projects that was cut off for imitating the precedent of King TaeJo to descendants. We could see the succession of this from the era of King Moonjong.