Lao-tse, Confucius And Buddha
by Sheila Terry
Title
Lao-tse, Confucius And Buddha
Artist
Sheila Terry
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Lao-Tse presenting the child Confucius to Sakyamuni (Buddha).Lao-tse was a philosopher of Ancient China and the founder of philosophical Taoism. He is believed to have lived in the 6th century BC.The philosopher Confucius was born c 550 BC and died in 487 BC. Several meetings are believed to have taken place between Confucius and Lao-tse. From a hanging scroll by Wang Shugu (1669-1730)
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May 12th, 2013
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Sylvia Sim
A beautiful pcs of painting. I believe your Description is wrong:Buddha was born as Prince Siddhattha in 623BC. Lao-Tse was a philosopher of ancient China and the oldest among the 3. Confucius was born 550BC , thus older then Prince Siddhattha. Many Buddha's teaching are similar to Confucius. So the artist is telling us, Lao-Tse and Confucius are China Philosophers, but their believes are not alike. Buddha teaching reflected Confucius although they never meet during their lifetime.
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