19th-Century Korean Daoist Painting of Lao Tzu [Laozi] Now Held by the Ho-am Art Museum, in Yongin City of Gyeonggi-do |
This Icon of Daoist founder Laozi 老子 depicts the famous scene of him pausing while leaving the West Gate of the Chinese kingdoms in the 6th Century BCE, composing the Dàodé Jīng (Tao Te Ching, 道德經) at the request of the Gatekeeper. |