The Calligrapher — Zhào Mèngfǔ 赵孟頫

Yuan master whose elegant regular and running script revived classical tradition.

Yuan calligrapher (1254–1322), master of regular script/running script/cursive script — Yuan reviver of classical elegance who could write any script beautifully and did. Yuan dynasty

Cultural Story

晖 is the soft shine. 春晖 the mother's love, 'spring sunshine' in the old poem of the wanderer; 余晖 the afterglow on the western clouds. 朝晖 the morning light; 夕晖 the evening. The word is light gone tender — the warmth without the glare, the glow that lingers after the source. The Shuowen sees the sun's diffuse brightness.

Common words & phrases

• 春晖 spring sunshine
• 余晖 afterglow
• 朝晖 morning light
• 夕晖 evening light
• 晖映 shine upon

Read the story behind the character

春晖 is the tribute; 余晖 the skyline. 朝晖 the shot; 夕晖 the hour. 晖映 the gleam. The word runs the post and the poster — the mother's light, the sunset's. From the card to the window, 晖 is the gentle shine, the warmth that outlasts the noon, the glow you caption rather than the glare you flee.