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A Study on Compilation and Publication of the versified comments for kōan by Xuedou - with a focus on Horim Museum edition -

jeong youngsik 1

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‘the versified comments for kōan by Xuedou(雪竇頌古)’ is a compilation of comments written by Xuedou-zhongxian(雪竇重顯, 980∼1052) during the Song Dynasty on 100 principles of Buddha’s teaching. Based on this, Priest Yuanwu-keqin(圜悟克勤, 1063∼1225) made a book of lectures titled ‘Blue Cliff Record(碧巖錄)’. ‘the versified comments for kōan by Xuedou’ began to be read since the Goryeo Dynasty, but there has been no published records or remaining copy of the book. However, it became known that ‘the versified comments for kōan by Xuedou’ printed in wooden types during the reign of King Sejo in the Joseon Dynasty is owned by Horim Museum. Presumably, it is a duplicate copy of the book published in China in 1342 during the Yuan Dynasty. However, the name of publisher or the date of publication cannot be found due to the absence of imprint. The book only has a preface written by HuiChuan-fugui(惠川福珪) attached at the end of the book. National Library of China owns ‘Sagarok(四家錄)’, which includes ‘hongzhisonggo (宏智頌古)’, ‘xuedousonggo(雪竇頌古)’, ‘touzisonggo(投子頌古)’ and ‘danxiasonggo(丹霞頌古)’. ‘Sagarok’ was printed in Zhejiang Province in 1342, the same year that the Horim Museum edition was printed. ‘Sagarok’ was published by HaiDao(海島), HuiChuan-fugui and others. It means that HuiChuan-fugui was from Zhejiang Province in China. For ‘the versified comments for kōan by Xuedou’ included in ‘Sagarok’, HuiCong(慧從), not HuiChuan-fugui, wrote a preface. Thus, we can surmise that the edition of ‘the versified comments for kōan by Xuedou’ at National Library of China is different from the one at Horim Museum. While ‘Sagarok first edition’ is written on the National Library of China edition, the Horim Museum edition is noted to be ‘Sagarok revised edition’. In addition, ‘jijeongimosejungseo(至正壬午歲重書)’ is written after the preface by TanYu(曇玉) on the Horim Museum edition, but this wording is missing in the National Library of China edition. That is, HaiDao, HuiChuan-fugui and others published first edition of Sagarok in Zhejiang Province of China in 1342, and its revised edition in the same year with the preface by HuiChuan-fugui. Presumably, the Horim Museum edition is this revised edition of Sagarok brought into Joseon to be printed in wooden types. It is unknown who printed the revised edition of Sagarok with what purpose. During the early Joseon Dynasty, neither ‘Blue Cliff Record’ nor ‘the versified comments for kōan by Xuedou’ were popular, and they are likely to have been read by a few well-learned priests and classical scholars interested in Zen buddhism. Probably, wooden types were used to print only a small number of books.

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