@glow @syscrash It should be read vertically, starting from the top-right corner, so that's why the machine translation is confused. In simplified Chinese characters it reads 人性直节生来瘦,自许高材老更刚.
Here's a translation I found on reddit (under "Painting 2"): https://www.reddit.com/r/translator/comments/8ef6mi/comment/dxuuf0u/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
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