Zhong You was good at seal script, official script, original script, running script and cursive script, and he was quite accomplished in calligraphy, which promoted the development of regular script (small script) and was honored as the "originator of regular script" by later generations. Zhong You had a far-reaching influence on later calligraphy, and Wang Xizhi and others had devoted themselves to his calligraphy. Also known as "Zhong Wang" with the calligrapher Wang Xizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.