Dimensions: 106 × 39.5 cm
Artist: Wu Rongguang (China, 1773–1843)
Colophon: "From the Ice-Drinker's Studio Collection of an Esteemed Ancestor's Hand—inscribed by Liang Qichao"

Guangzhou native Wu Rongguang, also known as Liaoguang, courtesy names Dianyuan and Borong, and studio names Heyu and Ke'an, was a distinguished Qing official and noted literatus. A Jiaqing-era jinshi, he rose to the post of Governor-General of Huguang.

An accomplished calligrapher praised by Kang Youwei as "the finest in Guangdong," Wu studied the classic style of Ouyang Xun while drawing inspiration from Su Shi, producing a script both vigorous and elegant. He was also skilled in landscape and flower painting and an avid connoisseur of epigraphy.

This work, titled "Zhi Yuan" ("Aspire Far"), bears a later inscription by reformist scholar Liang Qichao, noting its inclusion in his famed Ice-Drinker's Studio collection and underscoring its esteemed provenance.