Minneapolis Institute of Art
Confucian Exhortation
Calligrapher: Chō Tōsai
- Date
- second half 18th century
- Medium
- Hanging scroll, ink on paper
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
上大人丘一已化三 / 千七十子你小生八 / 九子可作仁可 / 知礼也 The supremely great man Confucius, just a single individual, transformed 3, 070 disciples. You, my students, number only eight or nine. Can you negate Humaneness, or depart from Propriety? (Trans. Stephen Addiss) Japan, Asia
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