Zhao Kuang-yin and Song Taizong, emperors of the dynasty, also liked to study and collect calligraphy works themselves, and ordered Wang Zhu, who was a court calligrapher in the Hanlin Academy and on the list of Chinese calligraphers, to compile a 10-volume calligraphy book named "Chunhua ge Tie" featuring new and old calligraphy works, especially those by Wang Xi-zhi, in 992.
朝廷でも皇帝の趙匡胤や太宗(宋)自らが書の研究や蒐集を愛好し、淳化3年（992年）には翰林侍書の中国の書家一覧王著に命じて、王羲之を中心とする古今の書蹟を集めた書蹟集『淳化閣帖』全10巻を編纂させた。