Among them, the biggest contribution that influenced later generations was the emergence of "Song Ti". It is said that the founder of "Song Ti" was Qin Hui, the "notorious" prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty in history. He was not prepared for the notoriety he would receive behind his back, but he was very confident in his historical contribution. During his lifetime, he often ridiculed himself: "Fame and wealth are just fleeting smoke, but Qin style calligraphy is a hard-earned career." The "Qin-style characters" he spoke of were exactly the "Song-style characters" that have been passed down to this day.
Qin Hui was unsuccessful when he was young and worked as a rural teacher. Later, he entered the official career and began to prosper. Qin Hui was a talented man of the generation. His calligraphy achievements were very high and he was deeply appreciated by Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty. He was appointed as the Zuo Sijian of Yushitai, responsible for handling official documents of Yushitai Yamen. During the exchange of official documents, Qin Hui found that the fonts of these official documents from all over the country were different, very irregular, and very inconvenient to process. He used his spare time from official duties to devote himself to the study of Chinese characters. He absorbed the essence of calligraphy from his predecessors and created a new font based on Huizong Zhao Ji's thin gold calligraphy. The font is dignified and generous, horizontally and vertically, like a leaf, like a knife, neat and uniform, easy to learn. . Qin Hui's new font was highly valued by Huizong, who ordered it to be made into a writing model and promoted throughout the country. He also required local governments to write official documents in Qin's font. Qin's font quickly became popular and was inherited by later generations. This font was called "Song Ti". After nearly a thousand years, to this day, "Song style" and "Fake Song style" are still the well-deserved main themes in printed matter and computer fonts, making contributions to the reading, writing, popularization and dissemination of Chinese characters.
There are five types of Chinese characters: Zheng, Cao, Li, Zhuan and Xing. Each font is named after the calligrapher's surname according to various styles. For example, regular scripts include Ou (Ouxun) style, Yan (Zhenqing) style, Liu (Gongquan) style, etc. It’s really a body within a body, it’s dizzying. There is a font, but it is not named after the founder's surname. It is named after the dynasty. This is Song Ti.