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Ideographs of Eight Confucian Virtues (Munjado) (Translation)
효제문자화조도팔곡병풍 조선후기 지본설채 (Primary Title)
孝悌文字花鳥圖八幅屏風 朝鮮時代 紙本設色 (Primary Title)

Unidentified (Artist)

early 20th century
Korean
Paintings
Screens
Works On Paper
Eight-panel folding screen; ink and color on paper
East Asian Art
Korea
Overall (open): 56 1/4 × 134 5/8 in. (142.88 × 341.95 cm)
Overall (folded): 56 1/4 × 17 7/16 × 5 3/8 in. (142.88 × 44.29 × 13.65 cm)
2017.178
Not on view
Written in stylized script, the eight Chinese characters on this screen read, from right to left: filial piety, brotherhood, loyalty, trust, propriety, righteousness, integrity, and sensibility. These “eight virtues” convey the moral, social, and philosophical beliefs integral to Confucianism, which influenced East Asian society for thousands of years. The screen, decorated with birds and flowers and inscribed with filial and legendary stories, could have furnished men’s gathering places or children’s schools as learning tools.


Joseon dynasty (1392-1910)
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孝悌忠信禮義廉恥 (Korean: 효제충신 예의염치; English: filial piety, brotherhood, loyalty, trust, propriety, righteousness, integrity, and sensibility).
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment
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