明通潤《維摩詰所說經直疏》之朝鮮刊本考

A Preliminary Study of the Carving and Printing of Tongrun's Weimojie Suoshuojing Zhishu in the Chosŏn Dynasty

This paper is mainly concerned with the carving and publication of the Weimojie suoshuojing zhishu 維摩詰所說經直疏in the Chosŏn Dynasty. It discusses in detail the carving onto woodblock of Buddhist scriptures in the Chosŏn Dynasty, the figures involved with the carving of the Weimojie suoshuojing zhishu, and the surviving copies of the Weimojie suoshuojing zhishu in Korea.
At present, there are 13 woodblock editions and 1 photocopied edition of Weimojie suoshuojing zhishu with known provenance in Korea. Of course, this is not all, and I believe that there will be more publications of this collection in the future. In addition, as for the collections outside Korea, it is currently known that Taiwan and France each have a woodblock edition of Weimojie suoshuojing zhishu made in the Chosŏn Dynasty. Despite being the original source of the text, China has not seen the appearance of the relevant reprints, which shows the preciousness of the Korean woodblocks.