This article explores the connection between bronze ware and ancient Chinese philosophy, highlighting how Confucian, Daoist, and Legalist ideas influenced the forms, designs, and symbolic meanings of these objects, demonstrating the interplay between material culture and intellectual thought.
This article explores how bronze ware was influenced by different schools of thought in ancient China, including Confucianism (order and ritual), Daoism (nature and spontaneity), and Legalism (authority and order), and demonstrating how these philosophies shaped both design and usage.
Taoism, with its emphasis on living in harmony with nature, has significantly influenced the development of Xieyi painting. The Taoist concept of the Tao (道), the underlying principle of the universe, is reflected in the ways that Xieyi artists capture the flow of life.