Biographies of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru ; ?? ??? ???????? ?; Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); ca. 1095; China; Handscroll; ink on paper; Image: 13 1/4 in. x 60 ft. 4 1/2 in. (33.7 x 1840.2 cm); Calligraphy; Huang Tingjian (Chinese; 1045-1105); Poet; calligrapher; and Chan (Zen) Buddhist adept; Huang Tingjian believed that calligraphy should be spontaneous and self-expressive鈥?a picture of the mind." Containing nearly twelve hundred characters; this handscroll is a masterpiece of cursive-script writing