The Life of a Confucian Scholar

Students will:

• Learn about the five constants (virtues, or good qualities) of Confucianism and relate these constants to their own lives

• Discover how particular artworks and objects tell us something about the people who value them and their beliefs

• Design and arrange a scholar’s study to reflect their own commitment to knowledge and scholarship as well as their own interests

• Paper

• Pencil

• Touch objects (for physical toolkit): bamboo brushes, limestone sample