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| Designation
Number |
Treasure
No.230 |
| Date
of Designation |
January
21, 1963 |
| Age |
Goryeo
1383 (9th Year of King Woo) |
| Location |
282
Cheonsong-ri, Yeoju-eup,
Yeoju-gun, Gyeonggi-do(Inside
Silleuksa Temple) |
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This monument, located in a monument house,
tells the history of Silleuksa Scriptures
House. The two-storied Scriptures House was
built in this place for Mokeun, together with
Naong’s disciples, to print and keep the Collection
of Buddhist Sutras for praying for the repose
of the souls of King Gongmin and his parents.
The monument is 133cm high and 88cm wide and
stone pillars stand around it for protection.
This construction style is the same as that
of the Bojejonja Stone Bell Monument. This
method was used to protect the monument, which
is made out of soft marble. The Silleuksa
Scriptures House used to be on the west hill
of the House for Heaven Thesaurus. The west
hill is assumed to be the current Myeongbu
House.Currently this monument is located on
the eastern hill of Silleuksa Temple. There
is no way to know this monument’s exact year
of construction because the texts on this
monument, including the building year, were
seriously damaged, but we presume the year
to be during Hongmu 16 (9th Year of King Woo,
1383).Therefore, this monument seems to have
been built 14 years after Naong’s Stone Bell
Monument was built. The epitaph was created
by Lee Sung In and written by Kwon Ju in 2cm
wide letters in the Haeseo style. On the back
of this monument, there is a list of the participants
who printed the Collection of Buddhist Sutras
and built the House for the Collection. The
shape of this monument is completely different
from that of buildings of the Silla period.
That is, there are no parts like the Gwibu
and Isu, or a lotus flower pedestal, but instead
has roof stones replacing them.The pedestal
and roof stones are much simpler than those
of Naong’s Stone Bell Monument; there is no
carving on them. |
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