This study is for the purpose of understanding the good in SanSsiBan, a form of Keummoon, bronze character presented in the late Western Zhou dynasty as well as of studying the characters in terms of Taoist aesthetics. SanSsiBan is an inscription abou...
This study is for the purpose of understanding the good in SanSsiBan, a form of Keummoon, bronze character presented in the late Western Zhou dynasty as well as of studying the characters in terms of Taoist aesthetics. SanSsiBan is an inscription about a transaction of property between feudal lords returning a real estate to its original owner of San state, a feudal state land acquired from San by Cheuk state trough invasion. During the process of returning the land, Cheuk stated that it would do its best to prevent any variation or accident and to inform if anything happened with compensation for damages. So, we can find the ethical and altruistic ideas such as the good, no self-deceit, humanity and courtesy in SanSsiBan taking care of others. On the other hand, the character in SanSsiBan inscription as representative example of ChoJeon (草篆, a calligraphic type) and beloved by traditional calligraphers is so simple and unsophisticated. The naive sincerity without any secularity is the core of characters in SanSsiBan. In this sense, we can discover Taoist aesthetics in the SanSsiBan. As presented above, SanSsiBan can be understood that it provides today`s modern artists with a lot of ideas in various creative areas as well as has its artistic values in research of traditional calligraphy.