Mugujeonggwang Great Dharani Sutra
Sutra dharani Mugujeonggwang (impresión xilográfica)
- Date
- c. 704-751 · confidence medium
- Place
- Seokgatap Pagoda, Bulguksa Temple, Gyeongju, South Korea
- Credited to
- Unified Silla kingdom
- Field
- Communication
⚠️ Disputed: the sources disagree.
What it is
A woodblock-printed scroll found in 1966 inside a pagoda sealed in 751. It is one of the oldest surviving printed items, earlier than the Chinese Diamond Sutra dated to 868.
Korea and China dispute where it was printed, because it contains characters used by Empress Wu Zetian; the date is earlier than 751, the year the pagoda was sealed.
What it led to
- large-scale Buddhist printing in Korea
- the Tripitaka Koreana
- Korean movable metal type