Diagonal, vertical, and horizontal lines combine with curving and looping lines and long and short strokes to create evenly spaced characters arranged from top to bottom, right to left. Shu-Tsing Chiu composed this poem to honor the birthday of her husband, Chung-Wei Chiu. In it, she conveys her respect for her husband and their overcoming of life's difficulties. Pu Ru (also known as Pu Xinyu) was one of China's last great scholar-calligraphers. He was also Shu-Tsing Chiu's calligraphy instructor and wrote her poem out in his precise, yet lively, standard script. Translation of Honorary Calligraphy for Chung-Wei Chiu Nature has its new presentation during the Chongyang festival in the ninth month of the year. I shall use the (season's symbol of) chrysanthemum to compose a poem to phraise this fragrant moment. (When) coldness keeps the frost on the twigs, it is always taken for the River God at the first glance You (my husband), although old, still have (your) ambition. I do not have any talent, so can only guard (our) poor household. The dust of the battlefield has (covered) stones for hundreds of years. My loyal heart is preserved in order to purify myself. (I have) quietly closed the wooden door and finished welcoming guests (and sending them home). Then I realized that (now) is the great time to celebrate (my husband's) birthday. We have been through (much) hardship for the past twenty years and (been) mentally exhausted. We also (cried together) during three years of forced exile. When an ambitious man gets old, it feels dreary. (But) being destitute and drifiting from place to place is the destiny of a talented man. It is not worthwhile to relate my life experience and reputation, just get drunk with fragant wine and wish (this) world peace.