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LIN ZEXU (1785-1850)
Calligraphy in Running Script
Hanging scroll, ink on floral-patterned satin
214 x 60 cm. (84 º x 23 ¬ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
HK$200,000-300,000 US$26,000-38,000
清 林則徐 行書觀操守 水墨花綾本 立軸
釋文: 觀操守在利害時;觀精力在饑疲時;
觀度量在喜怒時;觀存養在紛華時;
觀鎮定在震驚時。
防欲如挽逆水之舟,纔歇力,便下流;
從善如緣無枝之木,才住腳,便下墜。
題識: 少穆林則徐於築川官廨。
鈐印: 林則徐印、讀書東觀視草西臺
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