When Zhao Fan was 6 years old, Du Wenxiu rebels persuaded him to conquer Dali, Jianchuan and other places, and he took refuge with his family at the Jinsha River. Since then, Zhao Fan has been devoted to learning. /kloc-at the age of 0/5, general Zhang Runrong of Weixi served as the head of the shogunate. Although I am in the army, I still can't let go every day. Everywhere I go, I have to go to the book market first. After a long time and too many books, I had to borrow money to buy two ponies and take books with me. The 22-year-old Zhao Fan took the imperial examination for the first time and achieved excellent results, that is, he entered the city to make up his life. 1875 took the rural examination and won the fourth place in Yunnan province. From 1875 to 1893, Zhao Fan went to Beijing to take the exam six times, and all of them fell in Sun Shan.
During his six trips to Beijing and Yunnan, Zhao Fan was able to visit famous mountains and scenic spots, ancient temples and old temples in detail. Everywhere he goes, he especially likes to look at the calligraphy and painting of his predecessors and try to figure out how to pay his respects. I also wrote many landscape poems. At the same time, Zhao Fan witnessed the sufferings of the people and angrily wrote many sad poems. Such as Guanyin Map and Children's Songs (see Hu Xiang Village Poetry). )
1875, Yimen scholar Zhao Fan, later assisted by Yungui satrap Cen. During this period, Zhao Fan used his spare time to concentrate on practicing calligraphy. In A.D. 1888, Cen Yu Ying rebuilt the Daguanlou. Seeing Zhao Fan's vigorous brushwork, he asked him to write the couplet of Sun Ranweng Daguanlou. After years of change, this couplet is still hanging on the Daguanlou. Zhao Fan devoted himself to study, and all the subsets of classics and history, Bai Juyi's essays, ancient and modern articles, epigraphy and literature were all extensively studied, and they were all studied in detail. I have been paying attention to the literature of Yunnan and Sichuan, and I am particularly familiar with the anecdotes of the two provinces (Yunnan and Sichuan). His books are highly praised by the world, especially the calligraphy of poems. Contemporary people admire Confucianism and must regard it as a teacher. According to "Selected Poems of Eight Poets in Yunnan", Zhao Fan "delved into poetry, followed his will, stretched out the paper and absorbed it, and immediately became a poem. From Tongzhi Jiazi (1864) to Ding Mao (1927) in the Republic of China, there are more than 70 volumes of poems, not less than tens of thousands, especially when he was released. " Zhao Fan's joint works are concentrated in Xiesentence Continuation and Banknotes, with 542 records. He recited the alliance of Zhuge Liang Wuhou Temple in Chengdu, "If you can attack his heart, you will be self-defeating, knowing from ancient times that soldiers are not good at fighting;" If you don't judge the situation, you will make the mistake of tempering justice with mercy, and then you should think deeply about governing Shu. " He gave Zhuge Aliang a dialectical and realistic evaluation from the height of historical materialism, and was praised by President Mao Zedong. The first episode of Lecture Room "Yi Zhongtian Pinsan Kingdom" also has wonderful comments on this.
Zhao Fan's calligraphy is vigorous and attractive to Yan. He wrote the famous Changlian of Kunming Daguanlou and the plaque of Jin Dian Archway. There are Mo Bao in the forest of steles of Tan Hua Temple in Kunming, Erwang Temple in Dujiangyan and Yin Qing Pavilion in Lingyun Temple in Leshan. Zhao Fan's works are quite rich, including 20 volumes of Military History of Xian Tong in Central Yunnan, 64 volumes of poems, 8 volumes of ci, 4 volumes of Bieji, Filial Piety 12, Inscription and Postscript of Stone Painting Calligraphy 12, and Xiean Branch. In particular, 205 kinds of Yunnan Series (volume 1402) edited by him in his later years is a valuable literary heritage, which took four years of hard work. 1927 died in Kunming apartment on September 26th at the age of 76.