Collection of Works of Song Xuezhai, Drinking Horses in Autumn Suburbs, Shrubbery for Showing Stones, Songshi Laozi, Luoshen Fu, etc.
"Drinking Horses in Autumn Suburbs" depicts the herdsmen releasing their horses in the wilderness in early autumn. There are more than a dozen horses in different shapes in the picture, which are fat and strong and have different postures. Some of them drink water by the river, some chase and play, some raise their heads and scream, and they are a cheerful and lively scene. The trees on the shore are beautiful and unique, and the river is gentle and wave-free, showing picturesque scenery in the south of the Yangtze River.
The calligraphy work "Luo Shen Fu" has pure and mellow brushwork, rigorous and charming structure, and peaceful and unique composition. Zhao Mengfu learned from the "two kings", got his brushwork and combined with his own characteristics. His running script shows a delicate and elegant style, and Luo Shenfu also shows his aesthetic ideal incisively and vividly. The beauty of "neutralization" runs through the book and has a far-reaching influence on the development of calligraphy art in later generations.
Brief introduction of Zhao Mengfu
Zhao Mengfu [f incarnation] (125410120 July-1322 July 30), Han nationality, a passerby in Song Xue, also known as Shuijing Palace, worked as a Meng Yi in middle age. Xing Wu (now Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province) was originally from Lanxi, Wuzhou. From the late Southern Song Dynasty to the early Yuan Dynasty, he was an official, calligrapher, painter and poet. He was the grandson of XI, Zhao Kuangyin, Song Taizu, and a direct descendant of Zhao, the king of Qin.
Zhao Mengfu joined the army at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty. After Song died, he went into seclusion. In the 23rd year of Zhiyuan (1286), Zhao Mengfu went to Dadu under the recommendation of Cheng Jufu, an ancient imperial doctor, and was appreciated by Yuan Shizu, who awarded him the rank of doctor of the Ministry of War. Since then, he has successively served as Bachelor of Jixian County, General Manager of Jinan Road, Confucian scholars in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Bachelor of Hanlin and Doctor Rong Lu.
Zhao Mengfu is well-read, good at poetry, proficient in Confucian classics and learning, good at calligraphy, good at painting, good at epigraphy, good at temperament, and good at understanding and appreciation. In painting, he created a new painting style in Yuan Dynasty, which was called "the crown of Yuan people". His paintings have a wide range of materials and comprehensive techniques, and he is good at landscapes, figures and flowers and birds. Zhao Ti, Ou Yangxun, Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan are also called "four masters of regular script". In addition, Zhao Mengfu advocated learning from the ancients, emphasizing that "calligraphy and painting are of the same origin". His painting, calligraphy and painting thoughts have a far-reaching influence on later generations.