Zhao Ji came to the throne at the age of 19. When he first came to the throne, he also wanted to revive the Song Dynasty. However, the Northern Song Dynasty had long-standing shortcomings and nothing could be done. Therefore, Zhao Ji turned to studying art to entertain himself. Paralyze yourself.
In terms of painting, Zhao Ji is not only good at ink and bamboo, but also figures and landscapes. It is said that he has produced "a thousand volumes" of paintings in his life. He has a sharp eye and a high level of artistic appreciation. He asked painters to paint roses at noon, but few could satisfy him. Then he explained the reason: rose flowers bloom all the time, but the petals, stamens, flowers and leaves have different shapes and colors. ."
He is also good at poetry, such as "Eye's Mei" written after he was captured by the Jin people: "Yujing once recalled the prosperity of the past, the palace of thousands of miles of emperors, the sound of strings in the morning and the evening." The people of Huacheng are living in desolation, and their spring dreams are lingering in Husha. Wherever they go, they can listen to the Qiang flute and play the plum blossoms."
He is also a master of calligraphy and created the thin gold style. The characteristics of the thin gold body are: the middle palace is tightened and the four dimensions are open, the stipples are thin and the body is loose, and the regular script is written using running script. During the writing process, he used the elasticity of the hard brush to point downward and to the right at the end of the stroke, forming an oblique stroke, and then drew back to induce the starting state of the next stroke. This rhythmic brushwork and ingenious structural features are unprecedented and unique.
In addition, Zhao Ji's cursive script can be regarded as a masterpiece among the cursive script works of the Song Dynasty. In addition to art, having fun is also what Zhao Ji is good at. Zhao Ji read the sentiment from the erotic poems of Liu Sanbian and Zhou Bangyan, and wanted to go out and meet the famous prostitutes in the brothel. As an emperor, he couldn't go publicly, so what should he do? He is the emperor and has power. So he dug a tunnel between the palace and the brothel in Zhen'anfang, and went out to have a tryst with the famous prostitute Li Shishi whenever he had the chance.
It can be seen that Zhao Ji is extremely talented, but unfortunately the building is about to collapse and cannot be done by one person. Later, after the Jin Dynasty destroyed the Liao Dynasty, it raised troops to go south. Zhao Ji passed it on to his son, and then patrolled the south. The following year, the Jin soldiers went south again. Zhao Ji had been placed under house arrest in Bianjing by Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty. Later, they were both captured and died in the Five Kingdoms City.
To sum up, it is not unreasonable for Song Huizong Zhao Ji to be called a rare artistic emperor.