조선후기 불교 私記란 강원의 이력과목을 중심으로 學僧이 註釋한 것을 말한다. 이 사기는 순수하게 국내에서 만들어진 經論의 주석서라는 점에서 의의가 크다. 私記에 대해서는 동국대학교 역경원장을 역임한 月雲스님이 일찍부터 관심을 가졌던 바, 봉선사 楞嚴學林에서 십여 년 전부터 강독을 진행하고 또 책으로 발간하기도 하였다. 그러므로 이러한 기초 작업은 사기 연구의 초석을 마련하고 있다는 점에서 평가할만하다. 그러나 전국적으로 수백 권의 사기가 발견되는 만큼 사기의 수집부터 편찬 및 연구는 다방면에서 이루어지지 않으면 안 된다. 사기는 어느 한 곳에서 탈초했다고 해서 완결될 수 있는 것이 아니라, 전국에 흩어져 방치되어 있는 사기를 수집하고, 사기를 계통별로 분류하고 善本을 가리며, 각각 1:1로 탈초하여 별도의 텍스트화 된 책을 간행한 후, 계통별로 저본을 선정하고 대조본(갑본, 을본, 병본 등)과 문장을 대조하는 주석을 붙이고, 그 사기들의 특징에 대해 해제를 작성하며, 原典과의 회편을 통한 연구기초서의 편찬이 필요하다. 조선후기 불교 사기는 대체로 17～18세기를 전후한 이력과목의 확립과 더불어 발생하기 시작하여 18세기 후반부터 본격적으로 강원의 참고서로 저술 및 필사되었던 것으로 보인다. 사기를 처음 저술한 사람의 이름은 전래되는 사기나 여러 기록들을 통해 확인할 수 있지만 현재 수집되는 사기가 누구의 것인지는 아직 불분명한 상태다. 그러므로 향후 사기의 집성과 편찬, 그리고 이에 대한 연구를 통해 누구의 사기가 어떤 경로를 통해 현재까지 전해지고 있는지 밝혀져야 할 것이다.

An individual commentary is a collection of annotations, which were made by a scholar monk, on Buddhist scriptures of educational curriculum from the late Joseon Dynasty. An individual commentary was made only by Korean monks, and in this regard, it has a great significance. Venerable Walun of the Dongguk Univ., who has served as a director of the Dongguk Center for Buddhist Translation, has been studying on individual commentaries. He has been giving lectures on individual commentaries in the Neungeomhakrim school in Bongseon Temple since the early 2000s and also published academic books. His works have made the foundation of research on an individual commentary. However, there are still hundreds of individual commentaries being discovered from temples all around the country, thus research on an individual commentary should be done in various aspects; including compilation, publication and analytic works. A research on an individual commentary will not be completed just because it is deciphered. There are a long process of researching works; firstly, individual commentaries will be collected from all around the country; secondly, they will be classified according to their sort and then a copy in a good condition will be selected; thirdly, they will be deciphered and published; fourthly, annotations will be added after checking the standard copy against other copies; fifthly, an introduction will be made; sixthly, they will be compared with the original Buddhist scripture. After this long process, a fundamental research book shall be published. An individual commentary is believed to be appeared at around 17～18th century as the Buddhist education curriculum was made. And then it must have begun to be written and copied actively by monks from Buddhist schools since 18th century. Names of monks who initiated the tradition of making an individual commentary can be found from historical resources or individual commentaries, but identities of authors of recently collected commentaries are still remained uncertain. Therefore, following researches on its publication and compilation need to elucidate identities of those authors and analyze the route of transmission of an individual commentary.

An individual commentary is a collection of annotations, which were made by a scholar monk, on Buddhist scriptures of educational curriculum from the late Joseon Dynasty. An individual commentary was made only by Korean monks, and in this regard, it has a great significance. Venerable Walun of the Dongguk Univ., who has served as a director of the Dongguk Center for Buddhist Translation, has been studying on individual commentaries. He has been giving lectures on individual commentaries in the Neungeomhakrim school in Bongseon Temple since the early 2000s and also published academic books. His works have made the foundation of research on an individual commentary. However, there are still hundreds of individual commentaries being discovered from temples all around the country, thus research on an individual commentary should be done in various aspects; including compilation, publication and analytic works. A research on an individual commentary will not be completed just because it is deciphered. There are a long process of researching works; firstly, individual commentaries will be collected from all around the country; secondly, they will be classified according to their sort and then a copy in a good condition will be selected; thirdly, they will be deciphered and published; fourthly, annotations will be added after checking the standard copy against other copies; fifthly, an introduction will be made; sixthly, they will be compared with the original Buddhist scripture. After this long process, a fundamental research book shall be published. An individual commentary is believed to be appeared at around 17～18th century as the Buddhist education curriculum was made. And then it must have begun to be written and copied actively by monks from Buddhist schools since 18th century. Names of monks who initiated the tradition of making an individual commentary can be found from historical resources or individual commentaries, but identities of authors of recently collected commentaries are still remained uncertain. Therefore, following researches on its publication and compilation need to elucidate identities of those authors and analyze the route of transmission of an individual commentary.

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An individual commentary, Avataṃsaka Sūtra, Hoehyeongi, Hwaeomhyeundam, Buddhist educational curriculum, Yeondam-Yuil, Inak-Uicheom