In terms of calligraphy, in Thirteen Women in Lanting, Zhao Mengfu said that "it is not easy to cover a pen through the ages, but it is handed down from generation to generation", which has a far-reaching influence on later generations. He emphasized that using a pen is the most fundamental thing in calligraphy, which can be said to be "not easy through the ages". If he doesn't know how to use a pen or even a center, what he writes is far from calligraphy. This shows the importance of center in calligraphy. As for the shelf structure in calligraphy, it is "handed down from time to time."

In painting, Amin Wang Shizhen once said: "Literati painting started from Dongpo and opened the door to Song Xue." This sentence basically objectively reveals Zhao Mengfu's position in the history of China painting. Whether studying the history of China painting or China literati painting, Zhao Mengfu is an unavoidable key figure. If the interest of painting in Tang and Song Dynasties lies in creating a literary environment, and the interest of painting after Yuan Dynasty is more reflected in the freehand brushwork of calligraphy, then Zhao Mengfu played a bridge role in it. If the literati painting movement before the Yuan Dynasty was mainly manifested in the preparation of public opinion, and the literati painting movement after the Yuan Dynasty gradually replaced the formal painting with its successful practice and became the mainstream of painting, then Zhao Mengfu is still the giant who triggered this change.

As a great leader in the period of transformation and change, Zhao Mengfu has made outstanding achievements in the following aspects:

First of all, he put forward the slogan of "painting is expensive and has ancient meaning", which reversed the decline of painting circles since the Northern Song Dynasty and turned painting from complicated style to simplicity and naturalness.

The second is to put forward the slogan of "taking Yunshan as a teacher", emphasizing the painter's realistic basic skills and practical skills, and overcoming the bad habit of "ink play". Thirdly, he put forward the slogan of "painting and calligraphy are of the same origin", and painted with calligraphy, which made the literati temperament of painting more intense and the charm of painting enhanced.

Fourthly, he put forward the slogan "How to write a distant worry without faking the pen of Dan Qing" to convey the meaning of painting, which deepened the inherent function of painting and covered a wider range.

Fifth, he has made great achievements in figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, horses and beasts, and his painting techniques are comprehensive and innovative.

Sixth, his paintings have the beauty of poems, books and seals, which complement each other.

Seventh, under the political situation of the unification of the North and the South and the Mongols' occupation of the Central Plains, he absorbed the strengths of the North and South paintings, revived the traditional painting art of the Central Plains, and maintained and continued its development.

Eighth, he can unite artists from ethnic minorities, including Gaohe Kanglizi Mountain, and prosper China culture.