Zhao Mengfu is a descendant of Zhao, the son of the King of Qin, and his family has always enjoyed high officials and high salaries in the Southern Song Dynasty. He was very talented and smart when he was a teenager. He not only has the ability to remember everything when reading, but also is particularly interested in calligraphy. He was an official for several times and served as a secretary when Zhou Zhen joined the army. However, after the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhao Mengfu stayed at home and began to study Confucian classics and righteousness. Soon, he became famous in the local area, and even the court of the Yuan Dynasty heard that this talent was outstanding.
There is such a short story about Zhao Mengfu in history. There is a wealthy businessman named Zhao in Yangzhou who especially likes to make friends with literati. After his family opened the Mingyue Building, I wanted to ask someone to write a better couplet for this building, but I was never satisfied. It was not until Zhao Mengfu passed by Yangzhou and was warmly received by wealthy businessmen that he wrote with a stroke of a pen in the middle of the wine tour: "There are 3,000 guests in Yuanlang on the first floor of Mingyue Yangzhou." The rich businessman was very happy after seeing this couplet. He not only took out all the specialty dishes to entertain him, but also took away all the gold and silver tableware and wine utensils used at the dinner table and gave them to Zhao Mengfu.
In addition, Zhao Mengfu's research on techniques is very profound. Not only his own calligraphy and painting are excellent, but also his wife and his second son, Zhao Yong, are famous for their calligraphy and painting. They are all great painters. It looks amazing.