At that time, kaisho (Chinese characters in standard style), gyosho (cursive style of writing Chinese characters) and sosho (very cursive style of writing Chinese characters, more abbreviated and flowing than gyosho) were ordinarily learnt, but Shundo also learnt keisho (clerical scripts) and tensho (seal scripts) as well.
当時は通常、楷書・行書・草書を学ぶまでであったが、春洞は書域を隷書・篆書まで広げた。