Running script calligraphy records ancient scholar's garden construction

This is a calligraphy piece on silk damask, written in running script by Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) calligrapher Qi Junzao (1793-1866). The brushwork is rounded and full, expansive horizontally and vertically. The text mainly describes how the artist, while serving in the western capital, created a small garden on the east side of his office. He built a simple framework of wood and bamboo and planted climbing flowers and vines to cover it like a building, naming it the "Flower Hermitage". Collection: Shanxi Museum.