Couplet from Song Zhiwen’s poem “Ascending the Pavilion at the Monastery of Meditative Concentration”

Mi Wanzhong

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A long, vertical scroll with Chinese calligraphy written in black ink on a beige background. The calligraphy takes up most of the scroll's surface and is oriented both vertically and horizontally. The writing on the left side of the scroll is written vertically, while on the right side it is written horizontally. The scroll has a cream-colored border around the beige background, and a green border at the top and bottom. The top green border has two light green stripes. There are two small red seals at the bottom of the scroll, one to the left of the center and one to the right. The scroll is hanging on a dark wall.