Zhao Mengfu, a great calligrapher of the Yuan Dynasty, I won’t introduce him too much, everyone is familiar with him. In March of the third year of Yanyou's reign in the Yuan Dynasty, Zhao Mengfu, who was 63 years old, wrote this small regular script Tao Te Ching for Jinzhi Gaoshi.
At the beginning of the volume, Zhao painted a portrait of Laozi, followed by the entire volume of the Tao Te Ching in small regular script. This volume of ink is on paper, 245 mm long and 6188 mm wide. It is now in the Palace Museum. Zhao wrote the Tao Te Ching in small regular script many times throughout his life. This 5,000-word small regular script volume he wrote in his later years has rigorous calligraphy structure and precise strokes. The precision reveals tranquility and stability, and the spirit of agility appears in the stability. It has the same charm from beginning to end. It can be called a masterpiece of small regular script.
As an excellent model for everyone to learn Xiaokai, there are many printed copies of this copybook on the market. Don’t buy the book, let’s share the high-definition version with you.