The Tripitaka of Goryeo - The Tripitaka of Goryeo

Japanese: 高麗大蔵経 - こうらいだいぞうきょう

The Tripitaka engraved and printed in Goryeo. The first carving of the Tripitaka was started in Goryeo during the time of the 8th king Hyeonjong (around 1020 or 1021), when he started collecting Buddhist scriptures for Hyeonhwasa Temple, which he built for the memorial of his parents. This project took many years and was completed in 1087 (during the time of the 13th king Seonjong). The woodblocks were kept at Buinsa Temple in Daegu, North Gyeongsang Province, but were all burned down in 1232 during the Mongol invasion of Goryeo, which had begun the previous year. The Choi clan, who were the de facto rulers of Goryeo at the time, sought to reprint the woodblocks of the Tripitaka in hopes of driving out the Mongols, and work began in 1236, completing it in 1251.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

高麗で彫板･印刷された大蔵経。高麗で大蔵経の彫板が最初に着手されたのは，第8代顕宗のとき(1020,21年ごろ)で，彼が父母追善のために創建した玄化寺への仏典収集を契機としていた。この事業は多年を費やして，1087年(第13代宣宗時)に完成した。この板木は慶尚北道大丘の符仁寺に所蔵されていたが，1232年，前年から高麗侵略を開始していた蒙古の兵火ですべて焼失した。当時高麗の実質的支配者だった崔氏政権は，蒙古の退散を祈願して，大蔵経板木の復刻を図り，1236年に着手して，51年に完成した。

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