고려후기 및 조선전기 불전류(佛傳類)의 간행과 유통

Abstract

This study reviews the publication and distribution of Buddha’s biography (佛傳) in the late Goryeo and early Joseon Dynasty. In the late Goryeo Dynasty, the first Korean Buddha‘s biography(佛傳) is the Seokgayeorae Haengjeoksong. In addition, there are Zhushijiarulai chengdaoji and Dazang yilanji, and books of the Seon sect such as Zutangji, Jingde zhuandenglu, etc. In the early Joseon Dynasty, the publication and distribution of Buddha’s biography centered on Shijiapu and Shijia shipu, and there were Seokbosangjeol and Wolinseokbo and Shijiarulai chengdaoji in the Buddha’s biography, Shishi tongjian and Fozu lidai tongzai in Buddhist history, and a biography and a written record of priest’s word in Zen sect. The Buddha’s biography of the late Goryeo and early Joseon period were centered on Shijiapu and Shijia shipu, and were used in the compilation of Haengjeoksong in the late Goryeo and Seokbosangjeol in the early Joseon Dynasty. The first compilation of Buddha’s biography in Korea was the Seokgayeorae Haengjeoksong of the Goryeo Dynasty. In the early Joseon Dynasty, Seokbosangjeol, Wolincheongangjigok, and Wolinseokbo were epoch-making in that they were Buddha‘s biographies compiled and published in Korean language and script. In addition, books cited in Seokbosangjeol are significant in that they can know the situation of Buddha’s biographies in circulation at the time. A brief record of the life of Buddha can be found in a biography and a written record of priest’s word in Seon sect and a buddhist history. It is significant in that it is possible to review the cult of Śākyamuni at that time through these data.