Theoretical research specializes in the history of Chinese calligraphy. His monographs include "Yu Shinan", "History of Calligraphy in the Sui Dynasty" and "Introduction to Calligraphy Aesthetics". He has published professional textbooks including "Research on Cultural and Art Traditions" (co-editor), " An introductory tutorial series on classic stele calligraphy "Cao Quan Stele" and 5 audio-visual textbooks on calligraphy techniques. He has published more than 30 academic papers in professional journals such as "Literary Controversy", "Hundred Schools of Art", "Chinese Calligraphy", "Calligraphy Research", "Calligraphy Series" and other professional journals, and won the second prize of the 6th Beijing Federation of Literary and Art Circles Literary Criticism Award. . Presided over 2 provincial and ministerial level projects, including "Research on Strategies and Models of Calligraphy Art Education in Primary and Secondary Schools" (2011 annual project of the National Education Science "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" - Youth Special Project of the Ministry of Education) and "The Composition of the Beauty of Calligraphy" (Beijing Municipal Education Commission's "Beijing Higher Education Quality Textbook Construction Project"), participated in 3 provincial and ministerial projects as a key member, and the invention "regular script spelling tray" won the utility model patent of the National Patent Office (Patent No. CN98226592.1).
His calligraphy creation is famous for his official script and regular script. He has been selected into the "National Exhibition", "Youth Exhibition", "Single Exhibition" and special exhibition organized by the Chinese Calligraphers Association more than 10 times, and participated in more than 20 times. Exhibitions organized by Beijing Federation of Literary and Art Circles and Beijing Calligraphers Association won awards. He has held personal calligraphy exhibitions at the Ishikawa Prefectural Calligraphy Museum, Shandong Provincial Museum, Qingdao Municipal Museum, and Lanzhou Municipal Museum in Japan, and has been invited to Japan and Germany to participate in cultural exchange activities. His works have been exhibited in the Great Hall of the People, the National Art Museum of China, Tsinghua University, Collections of important institutions such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Published "Collection of Works of Calligraphy Teachers of Beijing Normal University·Yu Xiaoyong Volume". He has served as a quality judge for the "Beijing TV Calligraphy Competition" three times.