Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies is a handscroll executed in ink and color on silk, attributed to Gu Kaizhi. The extant scroll is a copy dating from the 5th to 8th centuries, reflecting the style and themes of early Chinese figure painting. The work illustrates a didactic text that was originally composed to instruct women at the imperial court in proper conduct and virtue. The scroll presents a sequence of courtly women engaged in various activities, each scene separated by vertical columns of calligraphic text.

The figures are rendered with delicate lines and subtle washes of color, primarily in shades of red, ochre, and black. The composition is horizontal and continuous, with each vignette carefully arranged to convey a narrative of moral and ethical lessons, as indicated by the accompanying inscriptions. This version of Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies is a later copy of an earlier original, and it stands as one of the most important surviving examples of early Chinese painting. The work has been preserved in several versions, with this scroll being among the most renowned.

It is now in the British Museum in London, which acquired it in 1903. The scroll is widely studied for its influence on the development of Chinese figure painting and its embodiment of courtly ideals.