麟 Kirin/Lín

Artist: Huang Bo 黄波

Media: Chinese Calligraphy on Rice Paper

Size: 23 x 27 in (58 x 69 cm).

（甲骨文 Oracle Bone Script）

麟，四灵之一。《说文解字》鹿部，大牡鹿也，从鹿从文，鹿有鳞甲之纹

Lín, or Kirin, is one of the Four Divine Creatures. In "Shuowen Jiezi," under the Deer section, it is described as a large male deer, depicted with the radical for deer and the radical for patterns, indicating that the deer has scales and patterns.