Out of Character: Decoding Chinese Calligraphy

The Sūtra on the Lotus of the Sublime Dharma (Miaofa lianhua jing), in small standard script.
By Zhao Mengfu, 1254-1322.
Handscroll, number 3 of a set of 7, ink on paper.

Loan Courtesy Guanyuan Shanzhuang Collection.
Photography by Kaz Tsuruta.