Zhao Mengfu [Zheng F ǔ] (1254,10/0-0/22 July-291322) was born in Song Xue Road, Han nationality, also known as the Taoist of Crystal Palace (referring to the Taoist of Shuijing Palace), and worked as a Taoist of Meng Zhen 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 writer, the 11th grandson of Zhao Kuangyin, Song Taizu.
Zhao Mengfu was clever from an early age. At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, he joined the army as Zhou Zhen's secretary. After Song died, he abdicated as an official, and he ordered people many times. It was not until the 23rd year of Yuan Dynasty (1286) that he was recommended by Cheng Jufu, an imperial envoy from Taiwan, that he arrived at Dadu to see Yuan Shizu and was named a doctor of the Ministry of War. Since then, he has served as a bachelor in Jixian County, general manager of Jinan Road and Confucian scholars in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces.
Hanlin and other bachelors are tired officials, Hanlin and Dr. Rong Lu. From sai-jo to Wu zong, ren zong and ying zong, they are all admired. He gradually retired in his later years and sought help for six years (13 19) due to illness. In the second year of Zhi Zhi (1322), Zhao Mengfu died at the age of 69. Wei Guogong and posthumous title were named "Wen Min" and later generations called "Zhao Wenmin".
Zhao Mengfu is well-read and proficient in China's classical poems, temperament and appreciation. In terms of calligraphy, he is good at official script, running script and small script, and his calligraphy style is round and beautiful, so he is called "Zhao Ti".
He is also called "Xian Zhao" with Xian Yushu, and "four masters of regular script" with Ou Yangxun, Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan; His paintings have a wide range of materials, comprehensive techniques and exquisite landscapes, flowers and birds. He advocated learning from the ancients, emphasizing "the same origin of calligraphy and painting", and advocated changing the institutional style of the Southern Song Dynasty Painting Academy, which had been popular for a long time, and creating a new situation of painting style in the Yuan Dynasty. He is a leading figure in the painting circle of Yuan Dynasty, and has the reputation of "the crown of Yuan people".
His painting, calligraphy and painting thoughts have a far-reaching influence on later generations. In addition, his poetic style is graceful and graceful, and he also dabbles in seal cutting, so he is known as "a round Zhu Wen". There are works handed down from ancient times, such as Song Xuezhai Anthology.
Zhao Mengfu (1254101October 22nd) was born in Xing Wu (now Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province) on September 10th. He is the 11th grandson of Zhao Kuangyin, Song Taizu, and his 10th ancestor is the fourth son of King Fang De of Qin Zhao.
His fifth ancestor was Song Xiaozong Zhao Shen's father, Xiu 'an Wang Nuo Zhao Ziluo, and his fourth ancestor was Wang Chong Zhao Bogui. Because Xiaozong gave Zhao Bogui the mansion in Huzhou, his descendants became Huzhou people. Zhao Mengfu's great-grandfather Zhao Shizong, his grandfather Zhao Xijian and his father Zhao Yu were also officials of the Southern Song Dynasty, and their official titles were quite high. Mother Li, mother Qiu.
Grandpa died young and had no children, so his grandmother took him as an heir. Zhao Mengfu is the seventh son of Zhao and Chen. When he was eleven, his father died and his biological mother supervised him.