Chinese and American historical terms explain Song Dynasty calligraphy.

Calligraphy in Song Dynasty was inherited from Tang Dynasty and handed down to five generations, forming its own family. Song Taizong paid attention to calligraphy, bought and copied Mo Bao, the ancient emperor Wang Mingxian, and ordered Wang Jingjing to carve it into ten volumes, carved with jujube wood, which was called "Cool Secret Pavilion Fa Tie". Follow-up broke the restriction that books must be authentic, and also broke the previous regulations, paying special attention to interest and emphasizing subjective expression, thus opening up a new road. Throughout the Song Dynasty calligraphy, the trend of respecting meaning is its distinctive characteristics of the times. Song Shu did not simply deny the Tang people, nor did it simply return to the Jin people. Zen Buddhism's "Heart is Buddha" and "Heart is Dharma" influenced the calligraphy concept of Song people, and the addition of poets and poets injected lyrical meaning into calligraphy. On the premise of emphasizing interest, calligraphers in Song Dynasty paid attention to self-cultivation, with high chest, extensive reading and wide knowledge, and their skills in poetry, music and fu were not as good as those of their predecessors.