A Brief Introduction of Calligrapher Zhao Mengfu
Calligrapher Zhao Mengfu refers to Zhao Mengfu, a calligrapher, painter, writer, politician and poet in the early Yuan Dynasty. He is a versatile and energetic man. Zhao Mengfu was born in 1254 and died in 1322. He is a Han Chinese, also known as Zhao Ziang, named Song Xuedao.
Zhao Mengfu was born in a prominent family. He is the 11th grandson of Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty. His father was an assistant minister in the Southern Song Dynasty, a comfort station in Lin 'an and a senior official. After the demise of the Song Dynasty, the Mongols established the Yuan regime, and Zhao Mengfu was elected as an official, which is also a misunderstanding of later generations. Many people think that Zhao Mengfu is a traitor and a traitor. In fact, at that time, if Zhao Mengfu didn't go to be an official, it would bring trouble to the lives of people around him, so it was only the Yuan Dynasty's helpless move for Zhao Mengfu to be an official. Besides, being an official in the Yuan Dynasty is not a traitor, and they are all from China, so there is no such thing as a traitor.
When Zhao Mengfu was an official, although his official career was bumpy, he did a lot of useful things for the people, and he was also an honest and clean good official. This is because Zhao Mengfu's achievements in calligraphy and painting are so high that people ignore his achievements in politics. Zhao Mengfu has made great achievements in calligraphy. All-rounder in calligraphy, proficient in cursive script, regular script, running script, official script and a series of mainstream calligraphy fonts.
The calligrapher Zhao Mengfu's main achievement is also above calligraphy. He advocates? Is calligraphy retro? I highly admire the calligraphy works of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, paying attention to realism and basic tempering. Therefore, Zhao Mengfu's calligraphy skills are very solid, and each of them has its own characteristics. Therefore, Zhao Mengfu's calligraphy works are highly respected by future generations, and have also become the objects of copying by many calligraphy lovers.
Characteristics of Zhao Mengfu's Calligraphy
First, there are many bookmakers. In Zhao Mengfu's calligraphy, we can see the characteristics of many famous calligraphers, and these characteristics can well appear in Zhao's works. This is not a simple combination, but an organic combination of these calligraphy features, just like cooking. Only by making full use of ingredients can we make the most delicious dishes.
Second, a solid foundation. Zhao Mengfu's calligraphy is suitable for calligraphy lovers to copy when laying a good foundation. Zhao Mengfu was born in the Song Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, calligraphy and painting became a little grandiose and skillful, but they lost those basic things. On the basis of learning from the characteristics of calligraphy in Tang Dynasty, Zhao Mengfu reformed it and became more retro, paying attention to basic application.
The third is the combination of form and meaning. The greatest feature of Zhao Mengfu's calligraphy is the combination of form and meaning, and his calligraphy is very good at the combination of form and meaning. Zhao Mengfu's calligraphy combines the advantages of predecessors' calligraphy and pays attention to the combination of form and meaning, which makes calligraphy have its own meaning and rhyme.
Zhao Mengfu's calligraphy evaluation
Zhao Mengfu is well-read and versatile, and literature and art create a generation of ethos. The study of Confucian classics mainly focuses on Shangshu, especially the study of rites and music. There is also a profound study of Lu Zhixue, and it is quite wonderful that the ancients did not pass it on. There are two books, Qinyuan and Paradise. The seal method respects the stone drum and curses Chu, the official calligraphy Liang You and Zhong You, and the curses worship the two kings (Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi). Influenced by Li Yong in his later years, all kinds of calligraphy are the best in ancient and modern times. Both Tianzhu and Japan attach great importance to collecting their calligraphy. There are many Buddhist and Taoist calligraphy scattered in famous mountains. Poetry and prose are elegant and agile, which often makes people feel floating out of the world. Among the poets of the first year, together with Dai and others, he tried to sweep away the humble habits of the Southern Song Dynasty. He is good at combining the method of seal brushwork with painting, and is a leader in a generation of painting circles. He is proficient in bamboo, stone, horse, landscape and flowers and birds. He also has a unique view on the secularization and degradation of boundary painting. It is believed that other painting disciplines have fashions that can be fabricated to deceive people, while boundary painting needs more skills and statutes. According to records, after Zhao Mengfu entered the Yuan Dynasty, his housework was very poor, and he often collected decoration fees by calligraphy and painting. He is also good at identifying ancient artifacts, calligraphy and famous paintings, and can accurately know the age, author and authenticity.
Zhao Mengfu created his own calligraphy style after studying the calligraphy of famous artists in Jin and Tang Dynasties, especially those of Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi. Zhao Ti? , and Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan, Ou Yangxun and called? Four in regular script? . In addition, his running script is also very famous. One of the four great calligraphers 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 for a period of time in the Yuan Dynasty, he was soon dismissed because of many internal contradictions in 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.