It was called "Taige Style" in Ming Dynasty and renamed "Pavilion Style" in Qing Dynasty. During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, Shen Du, a lecturer in imperial academy, had beautiful and elegant calligraphy, which was deeply appreciated by the founder Judy. As a result, his reputation was valued in the ruling and opposition, even a piece of paper was precious, which made him have good and bad things. Scholars are scrambling to follow suit and become the standard calligraphy style.
Shen Du, a bachelor lecturer in imperial academy during Yongle period of Ming Dynasty, won the appreciation of Judy, the founding father of Ming Dynasty, because of his beautiful calligraphy style, elegance and harmony, so he became famous in the ruling and opposition parties and even in a piece of paper. Where there is goodness, there is no goodness. Scholars are scrambling to follow suit and become the standard calligraphy style.
By the time of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty, saints loved Dong Qichang's calligraphy; During the Qianlong period, the emperor admired Zhao Mengfu's calligraphy, so the calligraphy styles of Zhao and Dong increased greatly. The mainstream calligraphy style respects Zhao and Dong as models, and its calligraphy is characterized by regularity and harmony, which makes the style of the pavilion more round and beautiful.
The imperial examination in Qing dynasty was more important than that in Ming dynasty, and it required Ukrainian, square, bright and big. On the one hand, it can reflect the beauty of broad weather and magnificent brushwork, on the other hand, it is difficult to avoid the disadvantages of sameness and agarwood. At that time, the scholar pavilion style was only the initial effort to settle down, and calligraphy was his lifelong pursuit. Therefore, calligraphy is constantly integrated into its own characteristics on the basis of pavilion style, which is the general law of traditional literati customary law.