赵之谦是鲁迅祖父一代的人,而且与鲁迅祖父是朋友。鲁迅曾同日本学者增田涉说过这种关系,增田涉在《鲁迅的印象》一书中对此事有记述:因为鲁迅的祖父是翰林,大概是有相当地位的官员吧,所以我在《鲁迅传》的原稿上,说他祖父是翰林出身的大官;他说,不是什么大官,接着把“大官”二字抹去了。听说是在什么地方做知县之类。在他祖父的朋友里,有个称号很长的人,他说着用铅笔写了“仰 Zhao Qian is the grandfather of Lu Xun generation, and is the friend of Lu Xun’s grandfather. Lu Xun once talked with Japanese scholar Masuda about the matter. Masuda involved in the book ”The Impressions of Lu Xun“: because Lu Xun’s grandfather was Hanlin, probably a fairly qualified official, so I On the manuscript of ”Lu Xun Biography,“ said that his grandfather was a high official from Hanlin. He said that it was not a big official, and then he wiped out the word ”high official." I heard that is where to do magistrate and the like. In his grandfather’s friend, there is a very long man, he said, wrote a pencil