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Chinese calligrapher-Zhao Mengfu

• Zhao Mengfu 赵 孟 頫 was a noted calligrapher and painter of China's Yuan Dynasty. Zhao is popular with calligraphy learners and lovers all around the world.
• In calligraphy, Zhao Mengfu rejected the gentle brushwork of his era in favor of the cruder style of the Jin and Tang dynasties. In his early years, Zhao Mengfu studied the style of the Song dynasty emperor Gaozong but later turned to the styles of Wang Xizhi (王羲之)and Wang Xianzhi (王獻之), in the end studying that of Li Yong (李邕). His Regular Script is considered one of the top four in the Chinese history. The other three Regular Script masters are Yan Zhenqing 顏真卿, Liu Gongquan 柳公權, and Ouyang Xun 歐陽詢.