Silla era of Korean calligraphy

In the subsequent era of unified Silla, many great calligraphers, such as Jin Sheng and Cui Zhiyuan, emerged out of admiration for the culture of China in the Tang Dynasty. Their fonts basically follow those of China calligraphers Ou Yangxun and Yu Shinan. Another China calligraphy master, Wang Xizhi, is also highly respected, and his cursive script is widely imitated by people. However, the Ou Yangxun style spread from Silla Kingdom, with square fonts, still dominated the Korean era until about 1350. Around this time, the exquisite and elegant handwriting of Zhao Mengfu, a calligrapher of China in Yuan Dynasty, was introduced to South Korea and became a popular calligraphy style. Since then, Zhao Ti has been the basic undercurrent of Korean calligraphy.