Word: confucianism
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...refugees from the Middle Kingdom's dynastic wars were streaming into Korea as early as the 12th century B.C. For centuries, the Korean ?lite used the Chinese language, much as medieval scholars in Europe depended on Latin. And Korean artists remained true to the literati tradition?and the Confucian ideals that animated it?long after China, under Manchu rule from 1644 to 1911, had moved...
...Shared Confucian values are most obvious in the many paintings of the "four noble plants": plum blossoms, which flower before the snows melt, symbolize the hope of spring; chrysanthemums, the hardiness to survive in autumn; orchids, refinement and modesty; and bamboo, loyalty, because it bends but never breaks. This steadfastness is celebrated in an exquisite silk hanging scroll, Bamboo Blowing in the Wind by Yi Chong (1541-1626), a royal prince who is considered the greatest Korean painter of bamboo. You can almost feel the breeze as the dark leaves float away from their own ethereal shadows, an effect...
...pavilions admiring nature, or meandering through the countryside on the backs of donkeys, or on a picnic?challenging one another to produce the best picture or most expressive calligraphy. One of the most charming is Yi Song Rin's 1748 Sage and Child Under the Moon and the Pine. Confucian philosophy acknowledges the centrality of man, the importance of learning, the appreciation of nature and the cycle of life. All are here, as the little boy, holding his lunch box in one hand and his scroll box under his other arm, follows the aging scholar through the countryside...
Tsang, who participated in KSG’s Mason Fellows Program, is said to espouse both economic values and Confucian ideals...
...Sisters by director Kim Ji Woon?is a case in point. Oh Ki Min, the movie's producer, describes this saga of domestic murder and madness as "a Korean version of American Beauty ... a tale of middle-class family dysfunctionality for a country still under the yoke of Confucian patriarchy." Made for just $3.7 million, the film drew more viewers last year than any horror movie in the country's history...