page_title: High culture
hierarchical_section_title: High culture
context_page_description: High culture encompasses the cultural objects of aesthetic value, which a society collectively esteem as exemplary art, and the intellectual works of philosophy, history, and literature that a society consider representative of their culture.
context_section_description: High culture encompasses the cultural objects of aesthetic value, which a society collectively esteem as exemplary art, and the intellectual works of philosophy, history, and literature that a society consider representative of their culture.
caption: Ming dynasty painting by Chen Hongshou showing a scholar-gentleman (literatus) with a guqin
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