CulturePortraying Confucius: Giving form to an ideal
No authenticated portrait from Confucius’s lifetime is known to survive. The article traces how descriptions in The Analects and later writings, along with artistic conventions and interpretation, shaped the familiar image of the sage and expressed successive generations’ views of his learning, dignity, humility and respect.
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Portraying Confucius: Giving form to an ideal
Culture