Title: Couplet from Song Zhiwen’s poem “Ascending the Pavilion at the Monastery of Meditative Concentration”
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: late 16th or early 17th century
Culture: China
Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Artist: Attributed to Mi Wanzhong 
Artist bio: Chinese, 1570–1628
Artist nationality: Chinese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 134 3/4 x 39 1/8 in. (342.3 x 99.4 cm)
Overall: 186 3/4 x 48 in. (474.3 x 121.9 cm)
Overall with knobs: 186 3/4 x 53 3/4 in. (474.3 x 136.5 cm)
Classification: Calligraphy
Credit line: Edward Elliott Family Collection, Purchase, The Dillon Fund Gift, 1981
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY