Zhao Mengfu is well-read, good at poetry, proficient in Confucian classics and learning, good at calligraphy, good at painting, good at epigraphy, fluent in temperament and strong in appreciation, especially calligraphy and painting.
In painting, he created a new painting style in Yuan Dynasty, which was called "the crown of Yuan people". Zhao Mengfu is also good at seal script, official script, original works, calligraphy and cursive script, especially regular script and running script. His elegant style of calligraphy, neat structure and skillful brushwork created Zhao Ti Shu, which is called "four masters of regular script" with Ou Yangxun, Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan.
Zhao Mengfu has made outstanding achievements in the following aspects:
The slogan "Painting is expensive with ancient meaning" has reversed the decline of painting circles since the Northern Song Dynasty, and turned painting from elegant and trivial style to simple and natural.
Put forward the slogan of "taking Yunshan as a teacher", emphasized the painter's realistic basic skills and practical skills, and overcame the bad habit of "ink play".
Put forward the slogan of "painting and calligraphy are the same", and use calligraphy to paint, which makes the painting more literati and changeable.
Put forward the slogan "how can you write the sadness in the distance without being a fake painter's pen?" In order to convey the meaning of painting, the internal function of painting will be deepened and the coverage will be wider.
He has made great achievements in figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, horses and beasts, and his painting skills have been comprehensively innovated.
Painting has the beauty of poetry, calligraphy and seal, which complement each other.