Calligraphy in Qing Dynasty pursued the object of ancient calligraphy: the pre-Qin period.

In Qing Dynasty, calligraphy sought to make the past serve the present, targeting at Oracle Bone Inscriptions and bronze inscriptions in the pre-Qin period, inscriptions and stone carvings in the Qin and Han dynasties and the Northern Dynasties, and paying attention to the inherent characteristics of elegance, simplicity and clumsiness of calligraphy.

In the development history of nearly 300 years, China's calligraphy in Qing Dynasty experienced a difficult transformation. It broke through the cage of calligraphy since the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties, and initiated the study of steles, especially the seal script, official script and the northern Wei Dynasty stele calligraphy, which can be compared with the regular script in the Tang Dynasty, the running script in the Song Dynasty and the cursive script in the Ming Dynasty, forming a vigorous and profound calligraphy style.

In particular, the calligraphers of stele studies, taking the essence from the past and showing their individuality, have made the calligraphy world very active, with various schools showing a thriving situation.