Title
Hui Tu Zeng Guang Xian Wen (绘图增广贤文) by Guangzhou Jiu Yao Fang Shou Jing Tang (广州九曜坊守经堂)
Year/Period
undated
Region
China and Singapore
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 19.8 x 13.0 x 0.2 cm
Accession No.
2021-00339
Collection of
This book is one of Mengxue (or “early learning”) books used in China and was first mentioned in the Ming period opera “The Peony Pavilion”. But it was likely that the book predated the opera.This expanded version features content added by various scholars from the Ming and Qing dynasties. The content focuses on how one should behave and treat others.Such books were commonly imported from China and used in local Chinese schools to teach students about civics and morality.
