He is a grandson and a direct descendant of Zhao, the king of Qin.
His father, Zhao (also known as Zhao), was an assistant minister of the Ministry of Finance in the Song Dynasty and an envoy to western Zhejiang. After the demise of the Song Dynasty, he returned to his hometown to live in seclusion. In the 23rd year of Yuan Dynasty (1286), Cheng Jufu, the imperial adviser of Taiwan Province, "sent people to search for the relics by imperial edict and fled to the south of the Yangtze River". Yuan Shizu admired his talent and appearance. Two years later, he was appointed as a heterosexual bachelor from four categories. In the 29th year of Zhiyuan (1292), he was the general manager of Jinan Road. Zhao Mengfu was appointed general manager of Jinan Road. In Zhenyuan year (1295), due to the death of Sai-jo, Emperor Chengzong needed to compile A Record of Sai-jo, but Zhao Mengfu was recalled to Beijing. However, there were many contradictions in the Yuan Dynasty. Therefore, Zhao Mengfu, who had self-knowledge, begged. In the third year of Dade (1299), Zhao Mengfu was appointed as an advocate of Confucianism in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. In the third year (13 10), Zhao Mengfu's fate changed. The Crown Prince likes Ba Li Ba Li Bada very much and is very interested in him. For three years (13 16), the official residence is famous all over the world.
Zhao Mengfu is a great painter and calligrapher. He has experienced a complicated and embarrassing life. As a fugitive from the Southern Song Dynasty, he went to the Yuan Dynasty, which left many controversies in the history books. The fundamental reason for belittling Zhao Mengfu's book style is that he despises 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". Since the age of five, Zhao Mengfu has been studying for several days. Even before his death, he was still reading and writing. It can be said that his love for calligraphy has reached a soft spot. He is good at seal script, official script, original script, calligraphy and cursive script, especially at regular script and running script. His calligraphy style is elegant, coherent and skillful, and he is known as "Zhao Ti" internationally. With Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan and Ou Yangxun, they are also called "four masters" of regular script.
There are many books handed down from ancient times in Zhao Mengfu, including Thousand-Character Works, Ode to Luoshen, Danba Monument, Poem of Returning, Thirteen Postscripts of Lanting, Ode to the Red Wall, Tao Te Ching, and Tomb Inscription of Qiu E, etc. He is the author of Notes on Shangshu and Collected Works of Song Xuezhai (12).