Poetic Maxim

The image shows a long, vertical piece of artwork with black Chinese calligraphy on a beige background. The artwork reads "Poetic Maxim by Zheng Fu". The beige background has a slightly darker brown hue and appears aged. It has a rough texture. The calligraphy on the right side of the artwork consists of 10 lines with different numbers of characters on each line, ranging from one to four characters. The characters are written in black ink and are arranged in a staggered layout. On the left side, there is a column of smaller Chinese characters written vertically. There are two small red stamps, one located near the top and one near the bottom of the left column of characters. The artwork is surrounded by a beige border, which is slightly wider at the top and bottom than on the sides. The background behind the artwork is white.