Zhao painter and calligrapher

Zhao: A famous calligrapher in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he was good at opening letters and official scripts. At that time, there were many inscriptions, and he was ordered to compile a six-body calligraphy dictionary in the Western Wei Dynasty.

Evonne of Song Huizong is an excellent painter and calligrapher, although he can't govern a country. He created the "thin gold body" in calligraphy.

Zhao Mengfu was a famous calligrapher in the late Southern Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty. He is good at writing in proper style, running script and small letters, and his brushwork is tactful and beautiful, so he is called "Zhao Ti".

Zhao Zhicheng: One of the Eight Schools of Xiling in Qing Dynasty.

"Eight Schools of Xiling" refers to Ding Jing, Jiang Ren, Xi Gang, Chen Yuzhong, Chen Hongshou, Zhao,. Their seal cutting style, also known as "Zhejiang School", is a seal cutting school centered on Hangzhou in the Qing Dynasty, which directly opened up modern seal cutting. Although it is called "Zhejiang School", its radiation scope is far from limited to a corner of Zhejiang, and it has far-reaching influence in the history of seal cutting. His method of governing India and Han Dynasty often refers to the official intention, pays attention to the knife method, and makes good use of the knife method to express the meaning of the pen. There is a circle in the square, vigorous and simple, and Gu Zhuo is vigorous and unique.

Zhao Zhilian, an outstanding painter and seal engraver in Qing Dynasty. His books, paintings and seal cutting have a certain influence on later generations. Together with Ren Bonian and Wu Changshuo, they are also called "the three great painters of the late Qing Dynasty".

First, the origin of surnames

Zhao has four sources:

1, judging from the surname, the ancestor is Zhao Fu. According to legend, Zhao Fu once got eight swift horses in Huashan and presented them to King Mu. King Mu went hunting in these eight carriages and went to Kunlun Mountain. The Queen Mother of the West gave a banquet in Yaochi. At this time, Xu Yanwang in the southeast rebelled. Zhao Fu drove thousands of miles every day, got back to the Imperial City in time, and led troops to defeat Xu Yanwang. Because of Zhao Fu's rebellion, Mu Wang made him Zhao Cheng (now the north of Hongdong County, Shanxi Province). From then on, Zhao Fu and his descendants took the fief as their surname and became Zhao.

2. Take the country as the surname. Zhao Fu's descendants elected their father to serve Zhou Xuanwang. My father gave birth to my uncle. Because Zhou Youwang had no choice, he left the Zhou royal family and went to Jin as the royal family. In this way, Zhao entered the state of Jin and later became a doctor. When Zhou Weilie was king, he was listed as a vassal. The founding monarch, Zhao Liehou, was a descendant of Zhao Shuai, a doctor of the Jin Dynasty, and was one of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States. After being destroyed by Qin, the Duke of Zhao was named after the original country and became Zhao.

3. It is the surname of ethnic minorities. There are also ethnic minorities named Zhao in history, such as Zhao Anji (Xiongnu) in the Han Dynasty, Zhao Tufu (Naman) in the Tang Dynasty, and so on. Their descendants all take the surname Zhao. In addition, the Mongols want to change their surname to Zhao.

4. Zhao Song gave his surname. There were historical figures with the surnames of Li, Mu, Long and Yuwen, who were given the surname Zhao.