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

Qin Source (Qin Yuan ³) is an essay by Zhao Mengfu included amongst his Essays from Snowy Pine Studio (see in Rao Zongyi, Section 6),⁴ and mentioned in the Qin Shi Xu biography. Qin Source expressed some disagreement with the ideas of Yang Zuan.

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. ⁵

 
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1. See in Wikipedia
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2. 12 lines; also discusses 張天與 Zhang Tianyu
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3. Qin Source (琴原 Qin Yuan)
Incliuded in Songxuezhai Ji (see next).
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4. Essays from Snowy Pine Studio (松雪齋文集 Songxuezhai Wenji)
14897.157 松雪齋文集 Songxuezhai Ji: a book in 10+1+1 folios by Zhao Mengfu.
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5. Compare the one on the World Art Kiosk website.
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