Confucius: Shaping Values Through Art January 18, 2009

This display explores how Confucian values have permeated East Asian culture. It will include Chinese ink rubbings, folk paintings, and copies of the classic, 'The Analects' (a text containing teachings attributed to Confucius). Other objects include Chinese silk embroideries and Japanese woodblock prints related to the ritual of honoring the ancestors, an important concept in Confucian ideology.