Sales of ”Buddha's Words Translated” surge in Korea due to ”Jang Won Young effect”

In South Korea, the "abbreviated translation of the Buddha's words," mentioned by Jang Won Young, a member of the idol group "IVE," on television, is creating a stir in bookstores.
According to the best-seller rankings for the fourth week of January announced by Kyobo Bookstore on the 31st, Ryunosuke Koike's "Super Translation of the Words of the Buddha" has risen two places from last week.
It has risen sharply to No. 2. Han Kang's novel "The Vegetarian," which had maintained No. 2 or No. 3 position for 12 weeks since winning the Nobel Prize, dropped one place.
The "Translated Words of the Buddha," which reinterprets the teachings of the Buddha in modern language, will be broadcast by Jang Won Young on tvN's "Yoo Quiz" in the middle of this month.
Sales of the book soared after it was mentioned as a book the magazine "ON THE BLOCK" recently read. In this latest tally, it rose two ranks to take second place overall with sales up 56.3% from the previous week.
She said she was inspired by the book's contents and said, "Don't be attached. There's no problem in this world if you don't get attached to anything, but the moment you get attached to something, that thought creates pain and you become distressed."
He then said, "There are times when work is tough, but if you read the 'Translated Words of the Buddha' at times like that, you won't be angry at the world."