Title: Poetic Maxim
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: dated 1691
Culture: China
Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Artist:  Zheng Fu 
Artist bio: Chinese, 1622–1693
Artist nationality: Chinese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 45 1/2 × 17 3/4 in. (115.6 × 45.1 cm)
Overall with mounting: 97 3/4 × 25 1/2 in. (248.3 × 64.8 cm)
Overall with knobs: 97 3/4 × 29 1/4 in. (248.3 × 74.3 cm)
Classification: Calligraphy
Credit line: Gift of Julia and John Curtis, in memory of Marie-Hélène and Guy Weill, 2015
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY