Goryeo produced two editions of the Tripitaka Koreana, the collection of Korean Buddhist scriptures. State Preceptor Daegak Uicheon (1055-1101) collected commentaries from Buddhist monks in East Asia and published them. In this way, the publication of Buddhist records continued, which allowed Goryeo to have both the Tripitaka Koreana and commentaries.

With this basis established, King Chungnyeol (r. 1274-1308) actively promoted the transcription projects of the Tripitaka Koreana. Unlike woodblock printing, whose main purpose was to preserve and disseminate sutras, creating the manuscripts of the Tripitaka Koreana in gold or silver was to accumulate merits and pray for good fortune at the country’s level. A prime example is this manuscript, produced the year after the enthronement of King Chungnyeol. At the end is a brief transcription record that shows this manuscript was produced at the king’s order.