This lecture entwines the Confucian concepts of three religions (삼교), three moral principles (삼강), the three excellencies (삼절), and the four gentlemanly plants (사군자) and how these concepts represent Confucian thought in traditional art. The three religions (삼교) of East Asia - China, Korea, Japan - are depicted in Asian art through color, lines, stroke, stylization of humans and nature, etc. The three long-standing East Asian religions are: Confucianism - deals with relations between humans…
