Wu Zhen, a native of Jiaxing with the style name Zhonggui and the sobriquet Meihua ("Plum Blossom") daoren, was one of the Four Great Masters of the Yuan. This album was done in 1350 by Wu at the age of 71 by Chinese reckoning for his son, Fonu. It depicts all manners of bamboo, including new shoots, old stalks, and leaves in wind, rain, and even snow. The bamboo is depicted both archaic and elegant as well as powerful, done in a spirited and dashing manner. Every leaf of depiction reveals how calligraphy was incorporated seamlessly into the painting, the brush moving across the surface with considerable breadth and dynamism in all directions, forming an ideal balance with the force of the brushwork in the often lengthy inscriptions as well. As such, this album is an ideal combination of literati painting and calligraphy. The frontispiece in three characters was rendered in clerical script by Wang Yipeng (?-after 1501) of the Ming dynasty during the Hongzhi reign (1487-1505).