Beophwahyeonron Gwon3∼4

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.2179

Category

Books & Records

Era

1461년(세조 7)

Designated year

2022

Location

성북구, 서울특별시— 서울특별시 성북구

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The Beopwhwa Hyeonron comprises comprehensive interpretive commentary on the Lotus Sutra, explaining essential Buddhist doctrinal concepts, specialized terminology, and scriptural passages organized into ten fascicle divisions. This work originated from woodblock printing execution in 1102 at the Daeheung Wang Temple during Goryeo's King Sukjong's reign, subsequently reproduced through woodblock reproduction printing during the 1461 Gyeongju Documentation Ministry's republication efforts executed in King Sejo's seventh year. Previous scholarly consensus presumed that Great Enlightenment National Teacher Uicheon's authoritative Buddhist canon edition might have undergone only limited restricted printing; however, discovery of this republished version confirms that the Daeheung Wang Temple Documentation Ministry achieved substantially more extensive printing production operations than previously documented in scholarly literature. The Beopwhwa Hyeonron volumes 3-4 represent incomplete edition specimens; however, they constitute the sole surviving copy of this particular carved woodblock edition format. Contemporary scholarship has not identified comparable surviving versions, thereby establishing singular importance for demonstrating the scope of original Chinese-source woodblock reproductions and production chronology documentation. This represents the only currently documented surviving version of this specific woodblock edition, thereby providing essential primary source materials for understanding traditional Daeheung Wang Temple printing operations and early Joseon period woodblock production methodology and printing practices. Additionally, the resource provides invaluable source material for comprehensive Lotus Sutra philosophical studies while demonstrating early Joseon period block-carving techniques, ink-marking conventions, and notation methodologies. This material therefore warrants preservation designation as an invaluable treasure documenting Buddhist doctrinal transmission and printing practice history.