Most Westerners think the earliest printed book is the 42-line Gutenberg Bible. If you are from East Asia, though, you think of Jikji. How and when did moveable type first come about? What is the whole story? What is the earliest book printed from cast-metal moveable type?

Jikji (Korean: 직지심체요절) is the abbreviated title of a Korean Buddhist document whose title can be translated to "Anthology of Great Buddhist Priests' Zen Teachings". [1] . Printed during the Goryeo Dynasty in 1377, it is the world's oldest extant book printed with movable metal type.

Jikji is the oldest known book in the world printed with movable metal type. It was printed in 1377 in what is now the city of Cheongju (Republic of Korea), 78 years before the Gutenberg Bible. What is Jikji?

Jikji is the short title of a Korean book whose full title can be translated as Anthology of the Great Priests' Zen Teachings. It is a Buddhist document, and was printed during Korea's Goryeo era in 1377. Jikji is a book about Zen Buddhism published in Heungdeok temple.

2020年8月15日 · Jikji, the abbreviated title of The Monk Baegun's Anthology of the Great Priests' Teachings on Identification of the Buddha’s Spirit by the Practice of Seon, was first woodblock printed at Seongbulsan in 1372.

Jikji is a specialized Buddhist text written in medieval Chinese characters and printed from metal movable types that significantly predate Gutenberg’s first printing experiments in Germany. Jikji contains passages from many monks connecting Buddha to his dharma lineage and “Awakening the Enlightenment” through meditation.

Jikji (Korean: 직지; RR: Jikji; MR: Ch'ikch'i) is a 2005 South Korean Mini series starring Han Min and Kim Jin-keun. [4] . It aired on MBC on Saturday, 3 December 2005 at 21:40 until 01:10. [1] . This series aired as an HD special drama for the 44th anniversary of MBC's founding. [5]

2023年4月12日 · As one of its prized possessions, the BnF decided to bring Korea’s Jikji, or Jikjisimcheyojeol, out of storage for the first time in 50 years and showcase it to visitors at the exhibition that focuses on the history of printing technology and how it …

2019年7月11日 · Korea has regard­ed Jikji “and oth­er ancient vol­umes as nation­al points of pride that rank among the most impor­tant of books.” Yet UNESCO only cer­ti­fied Jikji as the “old­est mov­able met­al type print­ing evi­dence” in 2001.

2023年5月22日 · Jikji is the abbreviated title of the world’s oldest extant book made with moveable type, printed in Cheongju, Korea in 1377, preceding the Gutenberg Bible by 77 years. Since the initial idea for the project, it has grown in size and scope to include more than 40 experts on type, print history, paper history, and book history.