难得糊涂Rare Is It to Be Muddled (calligraphy fan)

A calligraphy fan. Across it, from right to left, are four large characters, nande hutu, written in a running-regular hand with heavy ink and open, generous forms, one character to each section of the fan’s curve, with a seal at either side, red against white.

The phrase comes from the Qing painter Zheng Banqiao: it is hard to be clever, hard to be muddled, and hardest of all to pass from cleverness into muddle, a saying of easy-going worldly wisdom.

此为书法折扇。扇面自右至左书“难得糊涂”四个大字，行楷笔意，用墨浓重，结体开张，随扇骨弧度一字一格排开，疏朗大方；左右各钤印章，红白相映。

“难得糊涂”语出清代郑板桥，言聪明难，糊涂亦难，由聪明而转入糊涂更难，是一种通达淡泊的处世智慧。