Many Koreans attribute their country's remarkable success in recent decades to this attitude. In modern Korean society, Confucianism is most noticeable in relations between people. The Five Relationships prescribe behaviour between ruler and subject, father and son, husband and wife, old and young, and between friends. If you fall outside any of these relationships, you do not, effectively, exist. The South Koreans have turned their hand to just about any artform you can name.
Traditional music is similar to that of Japan and China, with an emphasis on strings.
The two main forms are stately chongak and folksier minsogak. The most important work of Korean literature is Samguk Yusa, written in the 12th century by the monk Illyon. Recent literature has had a dissident twist to it, with lots of work being produced by student protesters and Taoist-style ecologists. Koreans also consider their language an artform, and are particularly proud of their script, han'gul. Korea is also strong in the visual arts.