19th-Century
Korean Daoist
Painting of
Lao Tzu
Now Held by the Ho-am Art
Museum, Yongin City,
Gyeonggi-do
This Icon of Daoist founder Laozi shows the
famous scene of him pausing while leaving
the West Gate of the Chinese kingdoms in
the 6th Cen BCE, composing the Dao De
Ching at the request of the Gatekeeper.