His attitude to qin is discussed in James Watt, The Qin and the Chinese Literati.

Some of his writings related to qin are in Qinshu Daquan. See

Zhao Mengfu's biography in Qin Shi Xu mentions an essay he wrote called Qin Source (琴原 Qin Yuan); it apparently expressed some disagreement with the ideas of Yang Zuan. This work is listed in Qinshu Cunmu as #149.

The biography begins as follows,

Somewhat more indirect, his calligraphy for the text of Qingjing Jing is in the collection of the Freer Gallery (see online image). And his painting East Hill of Dongting has the same theme as the melody Dongting Qiu Si. ³

 
Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a separate page)

1. See in Wikipedia (Return)

2. 12 lines; also discusses 張天與 Zhang Tianyu (Return)

3. Compare the one on the World Art Kiosk website. (Return)

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