Calligraphy in Semi-Cursive Style (xing-caoshu), 1600s. This bold calligraphy written by Yueshan, an Obaku sect monk, consists of five characters tentatively translated as "Pine trees singing in the ; The line is from Cold Mountain Poems (Hanshan shi) . Cold Mountain is the pen name ( hao ) of the poet monk Han Shan, as well as the name of a place. In one poem Han describes getting lost on the road to Cold Mountain, perhaps an allusion to the search for religious enlightenment.

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Keywords: 1629-1709, 1644-1911, art, calligraphy, china, chinese, cleveland, daozong, dynasty, hanging, heritage, ink, museum, paper, qing, scroll, yueshan