# Calligraphy in Semi-Cursive Style (xing-caoshu)

- By: Yueshan Daozong (Chinese, 1629–1709)
- Date: c. 1660–1709
- Medium: hanging scroll; ink on paper
- Classification: Calligraphy
- Dimensions: Painting only: 128.9 x 29 cm (50 3/4 x 11 7/16 in.); Overall with knobs: 179 x 36.4 cm (70 1/2 x 14 5/16 in.)
- Culture: China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
- Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Gow
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.354)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/2003.354/2003.354_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This bold calligraphy written by Yueshan, an Ōbaku school monk, consists of five characters tentatively translated as “Pine trees singing in the wind.”

The line is from Cold Mountain Poems (Hanshan shi). Cold Mountain is the pen name (hao) of the poet monk Han Shan, as well as the name of a place. In one poem Han describes getting lost on the road to Cold Mountain, perhaps an allusion to the search for religious enlightenment.