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Jikji
The Jikji is a Korean anthology of Seon (Zen) Buddhist teachings compiled by the monk Baegun and printed with movable metal type at Heungdeoksa temple in Cheongju in 1377. It is the oldest surviving book printed with movable metal type, some 78 years before Gutenberg's Bible. Its only surviving volume is in the Bibliothèque nationale de France, and UNESCO listed it in 2001.
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