This work is really extraordinary! This is a relatively rare large-character work of Zhao Mengfu, and it is also the last masterpiece of Zhao Mengfu's life, which has attracted the attention of many scholars. Those scholars are discussing Zhao Mengfu's pursuit of calligraphy and the evolution of his style. Zhao Mengfu's calligraphy went through three stages of change, from copying Song Gaozong's to learning Zhong Xuan, Xi and Xian, and finally he learned Li Beihai's calligraphy.
What's even more powerful is that this work is unrestrained, easy to use, with grass in the row, and square and round, which is really unique! In Zhao Mengfu's works, such a style is really rare. In his later years, he showed his extraordinary artistic talent in front of the celebrities of Jiangnan, which also brought his calligraphy art to a new peak.
Half a year after putting down his pen, Zhao Mengfu passed away, which is really emotional. No wonder Hu Changru, a Jiangnan celebrity in the book, said: "Ziangshu, up and down for 500 years, 10,000 miles longitudinal and horizontal, there is no such book." This sentence is really appropriate for Zhao Mengfu! In the hundreds of years from the Yuan Dynasty to the Ming and Qing dynasties, there is really no calligrapher's artistic achievements that can be compared with Zhao Mengfu.
This work is a perfect demonstration of Zhao Mengfu's calligraphy art in his later years, and it is also the last perfect curtain call in his life. It's really extraordinary!