A CHINESE PAINTING OF FIGURE STORY AND CALLIGRAPHY

Image only size 310 cm by 32 cm.

Zhao Mengfu (f) ǔ）， Zi'ang, Han nationality, is also called Songxue Taoist, Crystal Palace Taoist and Ou Bo. He once served as Meng Fu in his middle age. He was born in Wuxing, Zhejiang (now Huzhou, Zhejiang). He was a famous calligrapher, painter and poet from the late Southern Song Dynasty to the early Yuan Dynasty. He was the 11th grandson of Zhao Kuangyin, Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty and the direct descendant of Zhao Defang, king of the Qin Dynasty.

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