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Written in silver on indigo paper, "The Maitreya sutra(彌勒下生經)" is a collection of Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at the University of YALE in New Haven, CT, and was introduced in a report published by the National Cultural Heritage Research Institute (Korea) in 2011. The researcher visited the site in December 2019 and found that although it was originally called the "Three Principal Scriptures of the Maitreya Sutra(佛說 彌勒三部經)", about 40% of the "The Mahaparinirvana Sutra of Maitreya(佛說觀 彌勒菩薩上生兜率天經)" to be located at the front was missing, and only the title of the "the Sutra of Maitreya Bodhisattva's Attainment of Buddhahood(佛說 彌勒大成佛經)" to be followed was stamped with decalcomanie. Records related to the production of the scriptures, which were stamped with decalcomanie on the front page, were identified. Thus, it was confirmed that this scripture was created in October(leap month) 1384, and that the sponsor was Jeong Ik and his wife. For a general understanding of the Maitreya Sutra, the history and contents of the Maitreya Sutra were reviewed and an analysis of bibliography, calligraphy, and origin was conducted on this manuscript sutra. In addition, three buddhist paintings of "The Maitreya sutra" and another three of the "Maitreya" manuscript sutras produced during the Goryeo Dynasty were reviewed. In order to understand the relationship between the Maitreya faith and the Sutra during the Goryeo Dynasty, I considered the origin of Beopsangjong(法 相宗), the changes and characteristics of the period, and the connection between sutra printing and the manuscript sutra. Furthermore, historical records such as "Goryeosa(高麗史)" also identified the aspects and social atmosphere of the Maitreya faith of the late Goryeo Dynasty.

한국어

감지은자『불설미륵하생경』은 미국 코네티컷주(州) 뉴헤이븐에 소재한 예일 (YALE)대학교의 바이네케 도서관(Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library) 소장으로 2011년에 국립문화재연구소에서 발간한 『미국 예일대학교 도서관 소장 한국문화재』를 통해 소개되었다. 필자는 2019년 12월에 직접 방문하여 열람한 결과, 원래는『미륵삼부경』이어야 하지만 앞부분에 있어야 할『불설관미륵보살상 생도솔천경』의 40%가량이 결실되었고,『불설미륵대성불경』의 첫 부분만 전사된 것이 확인되었다. 또한 전사되어 남겨진 사성기를 발견하여 이 사경이 1384년 윤 10월에 사성되었으며, 시주자는 정익과 적화군부인이라는 것도 확인되었다. 『미륵경』에 대한 전반적인 이해를 위해 전래과정과 내용 등을 살펴보았고 본사경의 서지사항과 사경서체, 발원문에 대한 분석을 진행하였다. 더불어 고려시 대에 제작된 3점의 ｢미륵하생경｣변상도와 3점의 다른『미륵경』사경에 대해서도 살펴보았다. 고려시대의 미륵신앙과 사경과의 관계를 파악하고자 법상종의 기원과 시대별 변화와 특징, 불경간행과 사경과의 연관성에 대해 고찰해 보았다. 또한『고려사』와 같은 역사기록을 통해 고려시대 후기의 미륵신앙이 양상과 사회적 분위기도 파악할 수 있었다.