Zhao Meng is the 11th grandson of Zhao, the king of Qin, and also his direct descendant. His father, Zhao Ceng, was an assistant minister of the Ministry of Finance in the Song Dynasty. He also learned about the Lin 'an government as an envoy of western Zhejiang. After the demise of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Yu returned to his hometown to settle down, and Zhao Meng grew up with his father in Huzhou, Zhejiang.
Zhao Meng lived in the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty. As the son of the imperial clan in the Song Dynasty, he witnessed the demise of the country and the death of his son Zhao. This era is very embarrassing for Zhao Meng. Due to the particularity of birth and future life path, Zhao Meng's evaluation in later generations is quite controversial. Among them, derogatory evaluation should be the main one.
Zhao Mengfu was born in Zhao and Song Dynasties. He is a descendant of the emperor's surname. However, after the Song Dynasty was destroyed by the Mongolian Empire, Zhao Meng actually served in the Yuan Dynasty and experienced several emperors in the Yuan Dynasty. Zhao Meng is equivalent to working for a man who destroyed his country. Many people in later generations said that they were traitors and traitors, and they were guilty of Zhao Zushang. If it is an ordinary person, it may not be long before everyone will naturally fade, but it is even more controversial if it is a descendant of Zhao.
After the demise of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Meng lived in his hometown with his father, and his life was very poor. After his father died, life became more difficult. In the twenty-third year of Yuan Dynasty, Cheng Jufu, according to the suggestion of the censor, "ordered a tour to the south of the Yangtze River". At this time, Zhao Meng entered Kublai Khan's sight in Yuan Shizu.
Kublai Khan thought that Zhao Meng was a man with both talents and looks, so he stayed in Beijing and was sealed a position. Zhao Meng initially refused, but later accepted. Later, he was slowly promoted, occupied a place in the officialdom of the Yuan Dynasty, and gained the trust of Kublai Khan of Yuan Shizu.
But some people say that everything can't just look at the surface. Although Zhao Meng accepted the appointment of the Yuan Dynasty and served in the court of the Yuan Dynasty for a long time, it was not necessarily voluntary.
After the Yuan Dynasty completely unified China, the children of the imperial clan in the Song Dynasty actually became fish on the chopping block of the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty. If they want to chop it up, chop it up. If they want to chop it up, chop it up. Yuan Shizu Kublai Khan took a fancy to Zhao Meng's talent and made him stay. Zhao Meng where dare to refuse?
Some people say that the last thing Zhao Meng can refuse is death. However, Zhao Meng obviously has no determination to die, which can be seen from his calligraphy works.
Zhao Meng once wrote a poem, which read:
There is foresight in the mountains, and grass in the mountains.
As the old saying goes, it's not too early to see things.
All my life, I am willing to go my own way, always in my arms.
When books amuse themselves, protect themselves when they are bohemian.
Who let the dust net fall and become entangled?
Once a water gull, today it is like a caged bird.
In fact, this poem has revealed Zhao Meng's helplessness. Things have changed, and he is like a bird in a cage. Isn't the official position given to him by the Yuan government a constraint?
Zhao Meng is a master of calligraphy and painting. Because he left the Yuan Dynasty as a relic of the Southern Song Dynasty, his "thin book" belittled Zhao Meng's calligraphy style. But I am knowledgeable, good at poetry, understanding economy, industrial calligraphy, good at calligraphy and painting, good at epigraphy, learning land and understanding appreciation. Perhaps his career is indeed controversial, but he is extremely talented and can't be refused. Zhao Meng achieved the highest achievement in painting and calligraphy. People say that he created a new situation of painting style in Yuan Dynasty, which is called "the crown of Yuan people".
Calligraphy and painting are often associated with poetry, so Zhao Meng left many poems besides calligraphy and painting.
Yuewang's tomb
The grass leaves on the tomb of the King of Yue, and the rocks and beasts in autumn are desolate. Officials in Du Nan look down on the state capital, but the people in the Central Plains are still smiling.