Jikji
Sign in to saveJikji () is the abbreviated title of a Korean Buddhist document whose title translates as "Anthology of Great Buddhist Priests' Zen Teachings". Printed during the Goryeo Dynasty in 1377, it is the world's oldest extant book printed with movable metal type. UNESCO confirmed Jikji as the world's oldest book printed with movable metal type in September 2001 and inscribed it on the Memory of the World Register.
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- Pages from the first book printed using type
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- 백운화상초록불조직지심체요절
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- Baegun hwasang chorok buljo jikji simche yojeol
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- Paegun hwasang ch'orok pulcho chikchi simch'e yojŏl
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Jikji () is the abbreviated title of a Korean Buddhist document whose title translates as "Anthology of Great Buddhist Priests' Zen Teachings". Printed during the Goryeo Dynasty in 1377, it is the world's oldest extant book printed with movable metal type. UNESCO confirmed Jikji as the world's oldest book printed with movable metal type in September 2001 and inscribed it on the Memory of the World Register.
Jikji was published in Heungdeok Temple in 1377, 78 years before Johannes Gutenberg's acclaimed "42-Line Bible" was printed between 1452 and 1455. Most of the Jikji is now lost; today only the last volume survives and is kept at the division of the National Library of France (BnF). The BnF hosts a digital copy online.