The literati painting which flourished in the Sung period was a comprehensive art, so the seals were also required to have high artistic value similar to Calligraphy, Poetry, and Painting and strongly influenced by the sense of elegance and vulgarian of Bunjin.
宋代に隆盛した文人画は総合芸術であり詩書画に加え印章にも同様の高い芸術性が求められ、文人の雅俗認識が鋭く及ぶようになった。