Zhao Mengfu (趙孟頫)

Overview

Zhao Mengfu was an Artist and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1285 to AD 1314 與燧同時
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 174, passage 55

Places and affiliations

Polity Id yuan · Relation Lived under
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 174, passage 55

Assessments and attributes

Assessment looked down upon by Yao Sui · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Yuan 174, passage 55

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 174Volume 174 Biographies 61: Yao Sui, Guo Guan, Jia Guzhiqi, Liu Geng, Ye Luyoushang, Hao Tianting, Zhang Kongsun · 1 passage

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然頗恃才，輕視趙孟頫、元明善輩，故君子以是少之。 Yet he was rather proud of his gifts and looked down on Zhao Mengfu, Yuan Mingshan, and others, for which thoughtful men held him somewhat less in esteem.