Zhao Mengfu, whose courtesy name was Ziang, was of Han nationality, and was also known as Taoist Songxue, Taoist Shuijinggong, and Oubo. He was assigned to Mengfu in his middle age. A native of Wuxing, Zhejiang (now Huzhou, Zhejiang). A famous calligrapher, painter and poet in the early Yuan Dynasty.
He has the highest achievements in calligraphy and painting, creating a new style of painting in the Yuan Dynasty, and is known as the "Crown of the Yuan Dynasty". He is also good at seal script, official script, Zhen script, running script, and cursive script, and is especially famous for his regular script and running script. His calligraphy style is charming and elegant, with strict structure and mature writing skills. He created the "Zhao style" calligraphy and is known as the "four masters of regular script" together with Ouyang Xun, Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan.
According to legend, he is the 11th grandson of Zhao Kuangyin.