Dimensions: 39.8 × 28.5 cm
Calligraphy: Liang Qichao (China, 1873–1929)
Colophon: “From the Ice-Drinker’s Studio Collection of an Esteemed Ancestor’s Hand – inscribed New Year of Yichou (1925)”

This album contains poems by Kuang Lu (courtesy name Zhanru, art name Haixue, 1604–1650), a celebrated late-Ming poet from Nanhai, Guangdong. Born to a scholarly family, Kuang excelled in regulated verse and parallel prose and mastered all major calligraphic scripts—seal, clerical, running, and cursive—developing a bold, distinctive style influenced by Wang Xizhi. A passionate connoisseur of antiquities, he was known for his independent spirit and disregard for wealth or official rank. Serving as a court scholar under the Southern Ming, he defended Guangzhou for over ten months until its fall, ultimately choosing death over surrender.

The present manuscript was transcribed by the eminent reformist, scholar, and calligrapher Liang Qichao, whose inscription notes its place in his famed Ice-Drinker’s Studio collection and honors the artistic legacy of his Guangdong predecessor.