與德俊帖 A letter to Techung

【About the author】

趙孟頫（1254年－1322年），字子昂，號松雪，別號鷗波、水精宮道人等。中國元代書畫家，吳興（今浙江湖州）人。原宋宗室，十四歲時以父蔭補真州百戶參寫軍，入元出仕，曾任翰林侍讀學士、榮祿大夫等職，卒贈魏國公，謚文敏。他詩文音律無所不通，書畫造詣極為精深，乃元 代的畫壇領袖。其繪畫取材廣泛，技法全面，山水、人物、花鳥無不擅長。他倡導復古，強調“書畫同源”，主張師法自然。書法鍾繇、二王、李邕、宋高宗趙構以及歷代諸家，篆、隸、真、草各臻神妙。其繪畫、書風和書學主張對當代及後世影響巨大而深遠。

Inside Story

Techung made a request to Mengfu for his calligraphy in the letter. Mengfu had someone deliver the calligraphy to him but he did not receive it. It is thus that Mengfu’s calligraphies were very popular at that time, and they were often stolen by carriers