Bougyeong is about the teachings of Buddha and the moral principles that bodhisattvas should follow. As the second volume of a 10-volume collection of the sutra, which was first translated by Dharmaruci of the Tang Dynasty, it is executed in silver-colored characters on brown-colored oak paper. The book, measuring 30.5 cm long and 11.2 cm wide, can be folded like a folding screen. The Chinese character “草 (cho)” is marked at the head and under the title of the book, indicating that each volume of the collection is given a number based on the Chinese characters’ order. This volume has a patch of moisture, suggesting that it has long been enshrined inside a Buddhist statue. This book -- along with the Transcription of Maha prajnaparamita Sutra (Perfection of Transcendental Wisdom) in Silver on Oak Paper, Volume 210 (Treasure No. 959-1) kept in Girimsa Temple -- seems to have been published around the mid-14th century, judging from the quality of paper and its calligraphic style.
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