Shen Yue, a historian in the Southern Dynasties, wrote The Book of Song Dynasty? Zhang Yongchuan recorded: "Zhang Yongshan learned calligraphy, and his ideas were ingenious. Paper and ink were all created by himself." The paper he made was beyond the reach of the north at that time.
The History of the Three Kingdoms of the Eastern Jin Dynasty unearthed in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is fluent in writing and rich in official script. Famous ancient calligraphers such as Wang Xizhi and Lu Ji also wrote with hemp paper.
In addition to hemp paper, other bast fiber raw materials were used to make paper during this period, such as paper and rattan paper. From the Jin Dynasty to the Tang and Song Dynasties.