Zhao Mengfu (Yuan Dynasty) Zhao Mengfu was born in Huzhou (Xing Wu, Zhejiang). His real name was Zi Ang, Taoist named Cedar, and Taoist named Crystal Palace. Descendants of Song Taizu's son, King Qin Fangde. In the Yuan Dynasty, he was awarded a bachelor's degree from Hanlin and a doctor from Rong Lu, and was named Duke of Wei. He is the author of Song Xuezhai Collection.
Zhao Mengfu was an influential calligrapher in the early Yuan Dynasty. "Biography of the History of Yuan Dynasty" records: "Meng Yi's calligraphy is the best in the world, so the book is the theme of the world." Praise. According to Song Lian, a scholar, Zhao's calligraphy learned Lingling's Eight Knowledge in his early years, Zhong You and Fairy in his middle years and books in his later years. In addition, he also visited Dingding Monument in Yuan and Wei Dynasties, Yu Shinan and Chu Suiliang in Tang Dynasty, which was a great achievement of predecessors. As Wen Jia said, "Gong Wei's calligraphy is superior to the ancients, and they are all imitations. "So, Zhao's success in calligraphy is inseparable from his ability to learn from other people's long sentences.
His representative works include: Qiu Ai Tombstone Inscription, Biography of Ji An, View of Blessing God, Danba Monument, Thirteen Postscripts of Lanting Post, Snow Clouds Post, Poems of Luoshen, Notes of Miao Yan Temple, etc.