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이 만화는 신라 최초의 불교 순교자인 이차돈(異次頓. 506~527)의 일대기를 극화한 책이다. 이차돈의 원래 성은 박씨, 이름은 염촉(厭觸), 거차돈(居次頓)이라고도 한다. 어려서부터 성질이 곧아 사람들의 신망을 받았으며, 일찍부터 불교를 신봉하였으나 신라에서 국법으로 불교가 허용되지 않음을 한탄하였다. 그 당시의 왕이었던 법흥왕(法興王)도 불교를 백성들에게 알리고 불력(佛力)에 의하여 국운의 번영을 꾀하였으나, 신하들의 반대로 불교를 공인할 수 없었다.
법흥왕의 뜻을 헤아린 이차돈은 왕에게 “나라를 위하여 몸을 죽이는 것은 신하의 대절이요, 임금을 위하여 목숨을 바치는 것은 백성의 바른 뜻”이라 하고, 거짓 전명(傳命)한 죄를 내려 자신의 머리를 베면 만인이 다 굴복하여 교명(敎命)을 어기지 못할 것이라고 하였다. 그러나 법흥왕이 이를 반대하였으므로 이차돈은 다시 “모든 것 중에서 버리기 어려운 것이 신명(身命)이지만, 이 몸이 저녁에 죽어 아침에 대교(大敎: 불교)가 행해지면 불일(佛日: 부처님의 광명)이 다시 중천에 오르고 성주(聖主)가 길이 편안할 것”이라 하면서 왕의 허락을 청하였다.
마침내 천경림(天鏡林)에 절을 짓기 시작하자, 이차돈이 왕명을 받들어 불사(佛事)를 시작한다는 소문이 퍼져 조신들은 크게 흥분하여 왕에게 물었다. 왕은 자기 자신이 명령을 내린 것이 아니라 하고 이차돈을 불렀다. 이차돈은 불사를 일으켰음은 부처님의 뜻에 따라 자신이 한 일이라고 하고 이 불법(佛法)을 행하면 나라가 크게 편안하고 경제에 유익할 것이니 국령(國令)을 어긴다 한들 무슨 죄가 되겠는가 하고 반문하였다.
신하들의 반대가 커지자 왕은 이차돈과 처음 약속한 대로 하리(下吏: 신하)를 불러 이차돈의 목을 베도록 하였다. 이차돈은 “부처님이 신령하다면 내가 죽은 뒤 반드시 이적(異蹟)이 일어날 것”이라 하고 하늘을 향하여 기도하였다. 목을 베자 머리는 멀리 날아 금강산 꼭대기에 떨어졌고, 잘린 목에서는 흰 젖이 수십 장(丈)이나 솟아 올랐으며, 갑자기 캄캄해진 하늘에서는 아름다운 꽃이 떨어지고 땅이 크게 진동하였다.
왕과 군신들은 자기들의 어리석음을 깨닫고 불교를 공인(公認)하였다. 그때 이차돈의 나이는 26세(또는 22세)이었으며, 연대는 법흥왕 15년 또는 16년이라는 설이 있다. 이차돈이 순교하자 법흥왕은 북산(北山)의 서령(西嶺: 금강산)에서 이차돈의 장사를 지내고 이차돈의 명복을 비는 자추사(刺楸寺: 후일의 백률사)를 건립하였다. 이 사건으로 신라 최초의 사찰인 흥륜사(興輪寺)가 544년에 완공되었다. 817년 국통(國統) 혜륭(惠隆) 등이 그의 무덤을 만들고 비(碑)를 세웠으며, 이차돈의 순교를 기록하는 6각 석당(石幢)을 백률사(栢栗寺)에 세웠다.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                제2장. 장원급제 한 이차돈
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                제5장. 서라벌로 돌아온 이차돈
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                제6장. 신라에 불교가

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