Zhao Mengfu

Zi Ziang, Taoist Cedar, Taoist Crystal Palace, Huzhou (Xing Wu, Zhejiang). Descendants of Song Taizu's son, King Qin Fangde. In the Yuan Dynasty, he was awarded a bachelor's degree from Hanlin and a doctor from Rong Lu, and was named Duke of Wei. He is the author of Song Xuezhai Collection.

Zhao Mengfu was an influential calligrapher in the early Yuan Dynasty. "Biography of the History of Yuan Dynasty" records: "Meng Yi's calligraphy is the best in the world, so the book is the theme of the world." Praise. According to Song Lian, a scholar, Zhao's calligraphy learned Lingling's Eight Intellectuals in his early years, Zhong You and Fairy in his middle years and books in his later years. In addition, he also visited Dingding Monument in Yuan and Wei Dynasties, Yu Shinan and Chu Suiliang in Tang Dynasty, which was a great achievement of predecessors. As Wen Jia said, "Gong Wei's calligraphy is superior to the ancients, and they are all imitations. "So, Zhao's success in calligraphy is inseparable from his ability to learn from other people's long sentences.

His representative works include: Qiu Ai Tombstone Inscription, Biography of Ji An, View of Blessing God, Danba Monument, Thirteen Postscripts of Lanting Post, Snow Clouds Post, Poems of Luoshen, Notes of Miao Yan Temple, etc.

Ji An biography:

By Zhao Mengfu. Lowercase. He claimed that the Biography of Ji An was a legacy of the Tang Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, Feng Yuan commented: "Although Jun Fang followed the European style and used his pen quickly, he still had to draw his own praise and praise." Ni Zan also said: "Zi Ang writes fine print, which is beautifully tied, and he hits hard with a pen. It' s really a shame for people in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. " (Quoted from "Tree Algae"), the pen power is no less than Zhiyong and Yu Shinan, which is the best in my life.

Roshev:

By Zhao Mengfu. Running script paper book. This was written by Zhao when he was 47 years old. His calligraphy style is fresh and beautiful, with the statutes of Lanting and Shengjiao. Ni Zan, a scholar in Yuan Dynasty, called this volume "round and vivid" and praised Zhao Wei as the first scholar in Yuan Dynasty.

The original is now in the Tianjin Art Museum.

Praise god's point of view:

By Zhao Mengfu. Regular script paper, black silk square The full name is "Hangzhou Fushen View". It was written by Zhao Mengfu at the age of 67 in the seventh year of Yuanyou (A.D. 1320). His calligraphy structure is broad, profound and steady, and his brushwork is smooth and round, similar to "Danba Monument" and "Inscription of Enemy Cemetery". Is one of Zhao Shu's representative works.

Lanting Post Thirteen Postscripts:

By Zhao Mengfu. Running script paper book.

In the autumn of the third year of Yuan Dynasty (A.D. 13 10), Zhao Mengfu went to Beijing by boat from Huzhou and arrived in Nanxun Town, Xing Wu. Monk Dugu gave him a volume of rubbings of Dingwu Lanting, which had been damaged in five words. He was so happy that he kept reading this book on the boat. He had a lot of experience in calligraphy, which was recorded at the end of the book, counting thirteen paragraphs. This is the so-called Postscript of Lanting Thirteen. Later, it was destroyed by fire, but some burnt copies were passed down from generation to generation and flowed into Japan.

Zhao Mengfu's work, which approaches Lanting with his own brushwork, is vivid and natural, such as Ding Wu's original work, which can be called Zhao Shu's masterpiece.