Title: Lu Ji’s Essay on Literature
Object type: Handscroll
Date: dated 1544 and 1547
Culture: China
Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Artist:  Wen Zhengming 
Artist bio: Chinese, 1470–1559
Artist nationality: Chinese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Handscroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 9 1/16 x 46 3/8 in. (23 x 117.8 cm)
Overall with mounting: 9 5/16 x 288 1/16 in. (23.7 x 731.7 cm)
Classification: Calligraphy
Credit line: Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY