Zhao Mengfu's "Zhijingliang Book", a book on paper, two pages of 4 pages, each open 29 cm longitudinal and 11 cm wide5 cm, written on blue paper, a multi-page letter framed into an album, now in the collection of the National Museum of China, for the ** University of Nationalities Professor Mr. Jia Jingyan (1924-1990, from Shulu County, Hebei Province, teaching historical philology, Mongolian history and other courses) donation, is Zhao Mengfu wrote a letter to a close friend, narrating for Pu Jian ( Zi Mingzhi, a native of Tongxiang, Zhejiang, a tax officer in Fuyang in the Yuan Dynasty, and a general Shilang), proposed to Zhang Cai (the word Jingliang, the son of Zhao Mengfu's brother-in-law Zhang Bochun, more than ten years younger than Zhao Mengfu, and served as the deputy envoy of Henan Xuanwei, Wujiang Zhizhou, and was very favored by Zhao Mengfu).
Ruan Yuan's book "Tian My Temperament" is signed outside the book, the light cyan leather paper is decorated with silk edges, and the front end of the book has Ruan Yuan (1764-1849, the word Boyuan, the number Yuntai, the owner of Leitang Nunnery, the old man of Yixing, Jiangsu Yizheng, the fifty-fourth year of Qianlong, the author, the engraver, the thinker, is respected as the old man of the Three Dynasties, the minister of the nine provinces, and the first generation of Wenzong) inscribed "Crystal Palace Taoist Mo Miao, Gui Mao Jiaping Yue Bo Yuan Inscription", and the square seal of Zhu Wen Seal "Yi Zhi Lin Quan".
The book circulated in an orderly manner, the Ming Dynasty by the famous collector, connoisseur Xiang Molin (formerly known as Xiang Yuanbian, Zijing, Jiaxing, Zhejiang), Longqing two years Dengjinshi Liu Dongxing (Ziming, Jinchuan, written "Ming Lantern Dao Guli", "Jinchuan Collection" and other works), Ming Dynasty calligrapher Zhu Dashao (the word Xiangxuan, Wenshi, Jiajing 26 years Jinshi) collection;In the Qing Dynasty, there were Ruan Yuan (the word Boyuan, the number Yuntai, the owner of Leitang Nunnery, the old man, the name Wenda, Jiangsu Yizheng people, the three dynasties of Qianlong Jiaqing Daoguang, successively served as the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Works, etc.) inscription, and was later collected by the collector Xiang Yuan (the word Hanquan, Zhifang, Zhai Xiaotianlai Pavilion, Anhui Shexian people);**Later, it was collected by Chen Qingyi (a native of Panyu, Guangdong, Qing Yougong, successively served as the consul in Honolulu, the secretary of the Ministry of Communications in Beijing, the secretary of the ** secretary, etc.), Jia Jingyan treasured, and in 1981 Jia Jingyan donated to the National Museum of China, which is of great historical value.
The book was signed on November 2, no specific date, according to the relevant people and events of the letter, scholars have verified that this letter was written in the first year of Zhizheng (Xinyou year, 1321 AD), when Zhao Mengfu was 68 years old and lived in Wuxing. The book is a family letter, the writing is casual and frank, and rich in change, hearty, with the pen vigorous, the posture is elegant, the style is soft, with Zhao Mengfu's calligraphy typical "even, clean and smooth" characteristics, is Zhao Mengfu's late years in the book of the superior work.
The book also mentions the marriage customs of the Yuan Dynasty, and if the woman agrees, the woman will draft a post (eight-character post), a document on the marriage between the male and female families, the content of which is the name, the property, and the family background of the woman's parents. Then the man drafts a detailed post (a fixed post, a post exchanged between the two parties at the time of engagement), the content is detailed, specific, and formal, including the names and official positions of great-grandfathers, grandfathers, fathers, uncles, uncles, etc., the names and official positions of the officiant, the ranking, birthday, and dowry of the groom and bride.