Zhou Lu
Calligraphy from Mengzi Ink and pigment on paper; signed, with two red seals of the artist; together with a related hanging scroll, calligraphy, ink and pigment on silver speckled paper.The first: 130.5cm (51 1/2in) x 63cm (23 3/4in) (2).
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Zhou Lu's calligraphy reading:富贵不能淫,贫贱不能移,威武不能屈fugui bu neng yin, pinjian buneng yi, weiwu buneng quWhen rich, one should not be arrogant; when poor, one should not change their moral conduct; when under duress, one should not swerve.The second inscribed:大英國欽命陞任香港移民局局長郵政司富大人官帥勵士德政Dà yīngguó qīn mìng shēngrèn xiānggǎng yímín jú júzhǎng yóuzhèng sī fù dàrén guān shuài lì shì dézhèngDated Sunday 1st October 1940To congratulate the appointment of Director of Immigration Department of Hong Kong and Post Office by Great Britain. 前勵部下叁等英文書記黃績文鞠躬?頌並書 Qián lì bùxià sān děng yīngwén shūjì huáng jīwén jūgōng? Sòng bìng shūGifted from former subordinate English translator secretary Huang Jiwen.