문방사우의 교육문화적 의의

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to research the educational and cultural significances of the four precious things of the study(文房四友) or the four treasures of the scholar(文房四寶). The traditional culture is not the stuffed past but living one to operate ceaselessly for the cultural creation of today. Our Korean traditional cultures are the peaceful life culture, loving the books and calligraphy. The literary man was a book lover, name of government position. They were called Sunbi. In Their rooms there was a complete set of tools ; paper, writing brush, Chinese ink, ink stone, etc. These writing materials of calligraphers became symbols of Sunbi in Chinese character cultural area from old times. Especially, the tools counted for much because the classical examination system for the government service in old-time Korea was done role as an opening to honors of a rise in the world. Our ancestry observed the customs and practices handed down from it's forefathers. Sunbis took a serious view of high social standing and cultivated moral character, and were delighted in elegant pursuits through pictures and calligraphic works. Consequently, the four precious things of the study became the measure of intellectual and virtuous deeds of wiseman(君子) and of moral culture. Therefore, at the merciless present day, we have to keep in mind educational and cultural significances of the four precious things of the study.