Cao Yuanheng Desk with Inscription by Himself
Modern.Wooden.L:61.5cm,w:75.7cm,h 94.5cm.Cao used this desk for his studies.At one side of it,he wrote an inscription full of auspicious images:"Warm wind sending heat far,bright moon shining in autumn.Aiding good order at the appropriate time:long life without cares.All good things gather,all directions open. Lofty virtue accumulates,surrounded by peace:as water builds up it flows；as virtue builds up it spreads.The divine mushroom holding radiance； prosperity for a hundred generations.His colophon reads "The Master of Orchid Snow has selected characters from the writings of Su Lingzhi to compose this inscription."Master of Orchid Snow" is a name Cao used in his later years. (Collection of Museum for History of Medicine,Shanghai University of TCM)