Xu Wei dared to transcend the times, broke through the barrier of "Taige Style" as the mainstream calligraphy style, became the leader and pioneer of the romantic "Shangtai" calligraphy style in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, and led Ming calligraphy to a new peak.
Popular calligraphers, under the banner of "breaking tradition, attaching importance to individuality, attaching importance to expression and attaching importance to emotion", thoroughly deconstructed the Chinese character configuration of China's calligraphy, and turned the original emphasis on calligraphy form into the pursuit and discussion of calligraphy images. This change actually comes from the influence of romantic calligraphy style in the late Ming Dynasty.