A Brief Introduction of Zhao Mengfu's Red Cliff Fu

Zhao Mengfu (1254- 1322) was born in Huzhou (now Xing Wu, Zhejiang Province), formerly known as Song Xue, a Taoist in the Water Mirror Palace. The grandson of Song Taizu, after Zhao, the king of Qin. In his early years, he used his father's shadow to fill this position and joined the army in the State Council, Ren Zhen. Wu Song went home to live in seclusion, "thanks to self-reliance", and heard of this village. In the 23rd year of Zhiyuan (1286), he was called to Beijing on the recommendation of the imperial envoy Cheng Jufu. He used to be Tongzhi in Jinan, promoted Confucianism in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and served as a bachelor in Hanlin, making Wei Guogong and Shi. Can write poetry, good at drawing figures, pommel horses, landscapes and flowers. Calligraphy, seal, official seal, brush, division, truth, line and grass are all the best. Truth and behavior are particularly epochal. Calligraphy advocated in painting has a great influence on later generations. He is the author of Song Xuezhai Collection. His wife Guan Daosheng and his son Zhao Yong can both draw and write. "Fu before and after Chibi", paper edition, 11 pages in total, with Dongpo as the frontrunner. It is now in the National Palace Museum in Taipei. The book was written in the fifth year of Yuan Dade (130 1 year), when Zhao Mengfu was 48 years old. Looking at this post, it is full of branches and leaves, leisurely, round and vigorous, exquisite and elegant, tactfully beautiful, full of style, elegant and smart, and won the charm of Wei and Jin Dynasties. It is a masterpiece of Zhao Zhong-nian's study of the book style of "Two Kings" and a good model for Zhao Xing-shu. In addition to Before and After Red Cliff Fu, this book also includes four kinds of Zhao cursive ink, namely, vulgar dust post, mountain post, mountain return post and drunken dream post, for everyone to learn and appreciate.