Zhao Mengfu (1254-1322), named Zi'ang, also known as Songxue Taoist, was a native of Wuxing, Zhejiang. As the eleventh grandson of Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, he served as an official in the Yuan Dynasty as a member of the Song clan. He became a Hanlin scholar and received his posthumous title Wenmin. His artistic achievements are unparalleled. In painting, he created a new style of literati painting in the Yuan Dynasty, and proposed the theory of "the same origin of calligraphy and painting". His representative work, "Autumn Colors of Magpie Flowers", integrates the painting techniques of the Northern and Southern sects; His poems are elegant and elegant, and he is the author of "Collected Works of Songxuezhai". His life spanned the Song and Yuan dynasties, and he used art to achieve cultural integration amidst political conflicts. He was known as the "Crown of the Yuan people". His theory and practice profoundly influenced the development of Chinese calligraphy and painting for six hundred years, and became a key figure in the history of Chinese art that connects the past and the future.
