Dimensions: 52.3 × 23 cm
Artist: Liang Qichao (China, 1873–1929)
Colophon: "Admired by Zhimo …"

Liang Qichao—also known as Zhuoru, Rengong, Yinbingshi Zhuren, and Qianfu—was one of modern China's most influential figures: a reformist statesman, political thinker, historian, educator, writer, and renowned calligrapher. Leader of the 1898 Reform Movement, he produced a vast body of work across literature, history, philosophy, law, and religion, later compiled as the Collected Works of the Ice-Drinker's Studio.

In calligraphy, Liang fused the strength of Tang-dynasty regular script and Han clerical style with the rugged elegance of Northern Wei steles, creating a bold yet graceful personal style.

This fifty-two-leaf album, a meticulous transcription of the classic "Stele of Lord Zheng," was inscribed in 1918 as a birthday gift to his son, the future architect Liang Sicheng, exemplifying both his scholarly devotion and his powerful, distinctive brushwork.