XING DUAN (1883-1959) Seven-Character Poem in Standard Script

XING DUAN (1883-1959)
Seven-Character Poem in Standard Script
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
24.9 x 31.5 cm. (9 3⁄4 x 12 3⁄8 in.)
Signed, with two seals of the artist

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Xing Duan (1883-1959), originally from Guizhou Province, was an advanced scholar (Jinshi) in the late Qing Dynasty, a government official who also worked in business in the modern period of China. He specialized in calligraphy, and published literatures.