Munmyo-Ilmu (文廟佾舞), the dance which has been danced in Seokjeon-Uirye (釋奠: the rite for laying out offerings) at Sungkyunkwan (成均館) deifying Confucius so far, is distinguished in an aspect of its meaning and value from the dances which are passed down physically through the human body to body. Since Munmyo-Ilmu consists of ritual dancing steps involving the ethics and philosophical ideology of Confucian, its formality and structure are very modest, normative and merged densely with ritual and religious characters of cherish memory and worship. In other words, unlike the purpose of common dances, such as the expression of amusement or emotions and the transformation through a new attempt, Munmyo-Ilmu may be considered as a dance aiming more educational and philosophical origin as ‘order’ and ‘harmony’ penetrating between the universe and human being, or between human beings. While the scholarship dance had been formulated as a dance of the spiritual culture for the mindset, the martial arts dance for physical training. Munmyo-Ilmu is a dance connecting heaven, earth, and human beings each other, expressing gratitude to Confucius and old sages, and sublimating the experiences infused from human life, that is, courtesy and respect among human beings into aesthetic. Sungkyun was the name of school being in charge of music among five colleges of ancient Zhou dynasty, in which educating virtues harmonized with human characters through ‘Akgyo (樂敎music education)’. This Munmyo-Ilmu, which has been danced in Munmyo-Seokjeon-Uirye at Sungkyunkwan, can be considered as ‘the dance of modesty’ being formulated of three passages and four doctrines, which are core contents of Sohak (小學: Confucian disciplinary textbook), underlying Abstract 236 제41호Confucian character education. Furthermore, Munmyo-Ilmu, as a means of communication beyond a ritual dance, creates relationship between God and human being, society and human being, and human being and human being. Munmyo-Ilmu, as courtesies, can be considered as a communicational dance transcending language, a dance of ‘Susujirye (授受之禮: the exchange of courtesies)’ sharing each other’s mind, and a dance symbolizing ‘peace and harmony’.