Zhao Mengjian (Chinese: 趙孟堅; Wade–Giles: Chao Meng-chien; 1199–1295),[1] art name Yizhai (彝齋居士), was a Chinese painter and politician from Haiyan, Zhejiang.

Zhao Mengjian: Three Friends of Winter

He was a member of the Song dynasty who attained high rank at court as a Mandarin, and became president of the Hanlin Academy, retiring when the dynasty fell. He was known for his depictions of daffodils, plum blossom, orchids and bamboo.[2][3]

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  1. ^ Also romanized as Tchao Mong-Kien
  2. ^ (Dictionnaire Bénézit 1999, p. 884)
  3. ^ (Yang Xin et al. 1997, p. 140)

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  • Dictionnaire Bénézit (1999), Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs (in French), vol. 14 (éditions Gründ ed.), 884, ISBN 2700030249.
  • Yang Xin; Barnhart, Richard M.; Nie Chongzheng; Cahill, James; Lang Shaojun; Wu Hung (1997), Three thousand years of Chinese painting, New Haven: Yale, 140, 141, 144, ISBN 0300070136
  • Hearn, Maxwell K. (2008). "Zhao Mengjian". How to read Chinese paintings. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 70. ISBN 1588392813. Retrieved 17 November 2014.