Why did Zhao Meng pay homage to Song Huizong more than 0/00 years after his death?

Although Song Huizong was not good at governing the country and even ruined half of the Northern Song Dynasty, his personal artistic accomplishment was very high, and his accomplishments in calligraphy and painting were the top level in the Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty was another peak of China's cultural development, especially in calligraphy and painting, and artists such as Mi Fei and Huang Tingjian appeared. And promote the art of calligraphy and painting? It was Song Huizong who reached the summit.

Song Huizong himself loved art, and when he was in office, he founded the Hanlin Painting and Calligraphy Institute, namely the Palace Painting Academy. Taking painting as an examination method for promotion in the imperial examination and selecting talents by poetry every year greatly stimulated the development of painting and calligraphy in the Song Dynasty. ?

And Song Huizong himself has high attainments in painting and calligraphy.

First of all, Song Huizong's calligraphy is the most famous. He first learned from Huang Tingjian, then from Chu Suiliang and Shi Xue brothers, and finally achieved mastery through a comprehensive study, creating a unique thin gold body. This font has a thin tail and a hook tip. It has a unique temperament of being beautiful, elegant and free and easy, which can reflect the author's extremely high calligraphy skills, elegant artistic cultivation and a calm charm. Although later generations know a lot about the thin gold body, few can learn its essence. Therefore, it is not surprising that Song Huizong's thousand-character works sold for 65.438+0.4 billion yuan in previous auctions.

Song Huizong can be compared with other great calligraphers in China history, such as Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan, only in terms of his thin gold style. But besides calligraphy, his paintings also have a high artistic level.

In the artistic evaluation of Song Huizong, his flower-and-bird paintings are the highest. Song Huizong's flower-and-bird paintings have a unique layout, and at the same time present a magical realism color. At the same time, poems, books and paintings are perfectly combined on the picture scroll, which set each other off. It is really a master of painting and calligraphy who is a genius of heaven and a genius of art.

Unfortunately, although Song Huizong is a talented painter and calligrapher, he is an unfortunate bad king. But as far as his artistic achievements and level are concerned, what about his descendants? It is not unusual for Zhao Mengfu to pay homage to him. He can fully afford such praise.