Calligrapher (Yuan Dynasty)-Zhao Meng, Zi Ang, Taoist Cedar, Taoist Crystal Palace, Huzhou (Xing Wu, Zhejiang). Descendants of Song Taizu's son, King Qin Fangde. After the demise of the Song Dynasty, he returned to his hometown to live in seclusion. Later, he was wooed by Yuan Shizu and became an official in the Five Dynasties. He was appointed as a bachelor of Hanlin, and Dr. Rong Lu was appointed as Wei Gong and Shi Wenmin. Make good use of printing, printing, printing, printing, printing, printing, printing. 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 Intellectuals 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. What is particularly valuable is that most calligraphers in the Song and Yuan Dynasties were only good at lines and cursive scripts, while Zhao Mengfu was able to delve into various styles. His article is out of date and bypasses the study of Buddhism and Taoism. Later generations, many people studied Zhao Mengfu's calligraphy, and Zhao Mengfu's calligraphy was very popular in Korea and Japan. There are also masterpieces in Zhao Kai's books, such as Sanmen Collection, which is broad in structure, deep and steady in structure and fluent in brushwork, and is most suitable for copybooks. Most of Zhao's handed down works are running scripts, most of which are accurate in brushwork and rigorous in wording, such as Fu on the Red Wall, which is a classic.
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