The height reached by Tang Kai and its strict laws and regulations made the practice of regular script in later generations procedural and standardized, thus losing creativity. As a result, Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fei and Cai Xiang, the four great calligraphers of the Song Dynasty, did not have regular script works comparable to those of the Tang Dynasty, but mainly focused on the creation of running script and cursive script. In the Ming Dynasty, a calligraphy style called "Taige Style" appeared because the selection of scholars in imperial examinations became more and more rigid. "Taige" regular script is the official font stipulated by the imperial examination, which pursues beauty and elegance and also requires standards and norms. This requirement inhibits the calligrapher's creative personality. The Qing dynasty further evolved into a "cabinet style" and was criticized by "one thousand people".
Epigraphy rose in the early Qing Dynasty, and a large number of inscriptions were unearthed in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. In calligraphy, people also began to reflect on the disadvantages of "pavilion". Thus, in the Jiaqing and Daoguang years, Weibei began to be valued by calligraphers and calligraphers, among which Ruan Yuan and Bao were the most powerful advocates in the early stage of Weibei, and Kang Youwei was the latter. Ruan Yuan wrote "On the North Monument and the South Sticking" and "On the North-South Calligraphy School", which initiated the "study of steles"; Bao wrote "Two-cylinder Art Boat" and Kang Youwei wrote "Two-cylinder Art Boat", which contradicted the admiration for Chunhua Pavilion posts since the Song Dynasty, and put forward the viewpoint of "respecting monuments and suppressing posts". Kang Youwei clearly put forward in "On Guang Yi and Zhou Shuang": "If you want to respect your post today, you must first respect the monument; If you want to respect the Tang stele, you have to wear it out, and you have to respect the Northern and Southern Dynasties stele. Those who respect it are not based on its antiquity. The strokes are complete, the spirit is revealed and it is easy to copy. Can test the change of Li Kaizhi, and the second is also; Can test the origin of later generations, three also; The structure of Tang Yan, the state of Song Shang, the complete inscriptions of the Six Dynasties, four also; The brushwork is long and engraved, and the majestic corners are overwhelming. In fact, it is both in Tang and Song Dynasties, and it is also five. There are five, not suitable for respect! "Since then, stele learning has become popular, and the value of Weibei has been widely recognized. In addition to adopting the method of "Jin and Tang Dynasties", more and more people began to choose Weibei. In addition, the tortoise shell has been standardized as "Wei Ti", which is one of the most commonly used printing fonts in China.