Zhao Mengfu (f incarnation) (1254, 10, 10 on October 20th [1]- 1322, July 30th) Song Xue passerby, Han nationality.
Also known as the Water Mirror Palace, a Taoist in Gulbo, he worked as a Mengfu in middle age. Xing Wu, Zhejiang (now Huzhou, Zhejiang) people. Famous calligrapher, painter and poet in the early Yuan Dynasty, his grandson, his grandson, Zhao's grandson; His fathers, Zhao and Chen, served as assistant ministers in the Southern Song Dynasty, and also served as the prefect of Lin 'an and the envoy of western Zhejiang.
In the 23rd year of Zhiyuan (1286), Taiwan Province's imperial envoy Cheng Jufu introduced Zhao Mengfu to Kublai Khan in Yuan Shizu. Kublai Khan admired his talent and appearance. Two years later, he became a straight bachelor in Jixian County. In the 29th year of Zhiyuan (1292), he was the general manager of Jinan Road. Zhen Yuannian (1295) returned to Beijing to study Shi Zu Shi Lu. In view of the internal contradictions in the Yuan Dynasty, Zhao Mengfu begged. A tired official, a bachelor of Hanlin and a doctor of Rong Lu, is famous all over the world. Zhi Zhi died in the second year (1322) at the age of 69. He was given a gift of Pingzhang politics, Wei Guogong and Shi in Zhongshu Province of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so he was called "Zhao". He is the author of Song Xuezhai's Anthology and so on.
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 calligraphy. His elegant style of calligraphy, neat structure and skillful brushwork created Zhao Ti Shu, which is called "four masters of regular script" with Ou Yangxun, Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan.
His main works include Song Xuezhai's Collected Works, Drinking Horses in Autumn Suburbs, Showing Trees and Stones, etc.
Zhao Mengfu and his wife, Guan Daosheng, are both disciples of Mingben monk in Zhongfeng. Zhao Mengfu is proficient in music and is good at identifying ancient artifacts. His poems are beautiful and elegant, and his calligraphy and painting are especially famous. His calligraphy and calligraphy are excellent, and regular script and running script have the deepest attainments and the widest influence. Zhao Mengfu was an influential calligrapher in the early Yuan Dynasty and was highly respected. According to Song Lian, a scholar, Zhao's calligraphy learned Lingling's Eight Knowledge in his early years, Zhong You and Fairy in his middle years and books in his later years. Wang Shimao said: "Most of Wen Min's books are from the two kings (the sum of Xi and Xian). If you are close, you will win the right army; If you have an elegant attitude, you will get a big order; This calligraphy tablet is cool, imitating Li Beihai's "Yuelu" and "Miluo". " In addition, he also visited the Dingding Monument, Tang Yushi Temple, Chu Suiliang and others in the Yuan and Wei Dynasties. In seal script, he studied Shi Guwen and cursed Zhu Wen; Hu, Zhong You; Learning cursive script and offering sacrifices can strive to inherit the tradition. As Wen Jia said, "Gong Wei's calligraphy is superior to the ancients, and they are all imitations. Yu Ji called him: "Development won the" Luo Shenfu "and won its bid. Running script view "the preface to the holy teachings", into its room. As for cursive script, I am full of "seventeen posts" and measure its shape. "He is an accomplished calligrapher who combines Jin and Tang calligraphy. Contemporary calligraphers hold him in high esteem, and some later generations listed him as one of the four masters of regular script "Yan, Liu, Ou and Zhao". Dong Qichang, a painter and calligrapher in Ming Dynasty, thought that his calligraphy was directed at Jin people, and commented that his calligraphy was "vulgar because of familiarity".