Zhao Mengfu, known as one of the "four masters" of regular script, created his own "Zhao Ti", which is known as one of the "four masters" of regular script. Zhao Mengfu's masterpiece in regular script is Three Things of Rebuilding the Xuandian. Because Zhao Mengfu believed in Taoism, he admired Taoist culture very much and wrote inscriptions for some Taoist temples many times.
Zhao Mengfu studied the calligraphy of famous artists in Jin and Tang Dynasties, especially Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi, and formed his own calligraphy style. He is called "Zhao Ti", together with Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan and Ou Yangxun, he is also called "four masters of regular script".
In addition, his running script is also very famous, which can be called "one of the four major running scripts in China". The other three are Wang Xizhi, Yan Zhenqing and Su Dongpo, all of whom were born hundreds of years before Zhao Mengfu. Zhao Mengfu has learned the essence of their calligraphy, and Zhao Mengfu is a real character in As You.
Zhao Mengfu's calligraphy developed after middle age, because before middle age, he was imitating others. Zhao Mengfu was born in the Northern Song Dynasty, and his ancestors were Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty. Zhao Mengfu's birth was an unfortunate beginning. When he was born, the Song Dynasty was not far from collapse. By the time Zhao Mengfu came of age, the Song Dynasty had perished and the Yuan Dynasty was established.
After the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhao Mengfu lived in his hometown and studied calligraphy. Later, he was recommended to Kublai Khan and praised by him for his talent. Although Zhao Mengfu worked as an official in the Yuan Dynasty for a period of time, he was soon dismissed from office because of many contradictions within the Yuan Dynasty.
Zhao Mengfu studied calligraphy at home while reading. With the passage of time, Zhao Mengfu's calligraphy has made great progress, and Zhao Mengfu is proficient in almost all calligraphy. At first, he didn't stick to his predecessors' calligraphy experience, but had his own ideas. Later, he created his own calligraphy font. He has many representative works, the most famous of which are Ode to Luoshen, Tao Te Ching, Four-body Thousand-character Essays and so on.
Brief introduction of Zhao Mengfu
Zhao Mengfu (1254- 1322) was born in Song Xue, a Taoist priest in Song Xue, a Taoist priest in Water Mirror Palace, and a native of Goulpeau. He is a middle-aged Mengfu native, Han nationality, from Xing Wu (now Huzhou, Zhejiang).
Famous painter in Yuan Dynasty, one of the four masters of regular script (Ou Yangxun, Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan and Zhao Mengfu). Zhao Mengfu is well-read, good at poetry and prose, familiar with economy, industrial calligraphy, fine painting, good at epigraphy, fluent in temperament and appreciation. In particular, calligraphy and painting achieved the highest achievements in the Yuan Dynasty, creating a new style of painting, which was called "the crown of Yuan people". Good at seal cutting, official script, authentic works, calligraphy and cursive script, especially regular script and running script.
Reference to the above content: Zhao Mengfu (official, calligrapher, painter and poet in the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty)-Baidu Encyclopedia