국립중앙박물관 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA

The First Tripitaka Koreana Edition (Revised Bibliographic Records of the Buddhist Canon)

This 12th volume of the Acclamation of the Holy Teaching is included in the First Tripitaka Koreana Edition, the first printed Tripitaka in Korea. The Tripitakas of the Northern Song and Liao Dynasties were proofread, supplemented, and carved in woodblocks to produce the First Tripitaka Koreana Edition, completed in a total of six thousand volumes in 11th century. The woodblocks were destroyed in fire by the Mongolian troops, who invaded Goryeo in 1232, and currently, only a few hundred printed volumes have survived.
In the case of the First Tripitaka Koreana Edition, generally 22-23 lines, each consisting of 14 characters, were engraved in each woodblock and printed on paper. To avoid confusion regarding the order, each woodblock is marked at the right end with the title of the sutra, the volume number (gwoncha 卷次), the page number (zhangcha 張次), and the sequence number of the sutra storage box (hamcha 函次), indicated using characters from the Thousand Character Text. The printed sheets of paper were connected in order and made into a scroll.

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