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Zhao Mengfu
- Qin Shi Xu #31
趙孟頫 1
琴史續 #31 2

Zhao Mengfu (1254 - 1322) was a famous painter and calligrapher.

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

Folio 19B #104
Folio 20B #68

His biography in Qin Shi Xu mentions a book described at Qinshu Cunmu, #149. The biography begins as follows,

Zhao Mengfu, style name 子昂 Zi'ang....

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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