Introduction 

This monument, located in a monument house, tells the history of Silleuksa Scriptures House. The two-storied Scriptures House was built in this place for Mokeun Lee Saek together with Naong’s disciples, to print and keep the Collection of Buddhist Sutras for praying for the repose of the souls of King Gongmin and his parents. The monument is 133cm high and 88cm wide and stone pillars stand around it for protection. This construction style is the same as that of the Bojejonja Stone Bell Monument. This method was used to protect the monument, which is made out of soft marble. The Silleuksa Scriptures House used to be on the west hill of the House for Heaven Thesaurus. The west hill is assumed to be the current Myeongbu House. 

Currently this monument is located on the eastern hill of Silleuksa Temple. There is no way to know this monument’s exact year of construction because the texts on this monument, including the building year, were seriously damaged, but we presume the year to be during Hongmu 16 (9th Year of King Woo, 1383). Therefore, this monument seems to have been built 14 years after Naong’s Stone Bell Monument was built. The epitaph was created by Lee Sung In and written by Kwon Ju in 2cm wide letters in the Haeseo style. On the back of this monument, there is a list of the participants who printed the Collection of Buddhist Sutras and built the House for the Collection. The shape of this monument is completely different from that of buildings of the Silla period. That is, there are no parts like the Gwibu and Isu, or a lotus flower pedestal, but instead has roof stones replacing them. The pedestal and roof stones are much simpler than those of Naong’s Stone Bell Monument, as there is no carving on them.

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