Dimensions: 42 × 30 cm
Artist: Kuang Lu (China, 1604–1650)

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.