This is a letter than Zhao Mengfu wrote to the high Buddhist monk Zhongfeng Mingben (1263-1323). The two had met during the Dade reign (1297-1307), and Zhao and his wife became his disciples. In the Yanyou sixth year (1319), Zhao quit office and returned to the south, his wife falling ill and passing away in Shandong. The album "Calligraphy of the Zhao Clan" in the National Palace Museum includes eleven letters by members of Zhao's family mostly asking Zhongfeng respectfully to lead funerary rites for Zhao's wife. Each of the characters reveals personal feelings, this work being no exception. The brushwork throughout is refined and written with concentrated spirit and archaic spirit harmony, falling squarely within the tradition of the Jin dynasty master.