Calligrapher’s note:

After writing the main text ("The Fragrance of Flowers Intoxicating"), I still felt the urge to write further, so I added some vigorous cursive calligraphy to the background. Seeing a collection of flower paintings by Shi Tao on my desk, I also sketched a water lily in an abstract style. Finally, I inscribed a seven-character couplet in small calligraphy: "The fragrance of flowers intoxicates one for three lifetimes; the aroma of ink and paper perfumes the heavens.

書法家筆記：

書正文〔花氣薰人醉〕後，仍欲書寫，故謄錄狂草於背景。見案頭有石濤花卉冊，又寫意水仙於其上。終末小楷題七言聯：花氣薰人醉三世，書香馥地醇九天。