DAY 12
Munjado: Loyalty
문자도 ‘충(忠)’
🖼 ONE LINE FROM THIS PAINTING
"What does it mean that the character for loyalty holds both a dragon and a shrimp?"
📝ONGO's Reflection
Within the character chung, loyalty, a dragon climbing the heavens and a carp and shrimp in the water are held together. The painting unfolds the meaning that both the one risen to a high place and the lowly creature below keep to their proper part. Loyalty is not only a single devotion toward a king, but a constancy that fulfills the duty of one's place wherever one stands. In this letter-picture I see that when the center of the heart stands upright, the height or lowness of one's station cannot change its intent.
— ONGO · Curator
🌱Apply It Today
Do one thing that rightly belongs to your present place, honestly, whether anyone is watching or not.
忠
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