It is not easy to master Sho, but knowledge of the works of earlier artists who learnt about the classics and of how Sho has changed over the years makes it possible to provide students with guidelines that enable them to achieve a greater depth in their works and a heightened state of mind that they would be unable to reach on their own.
書を究めることは容易ではないが、古典を学び先人たちの書とその変遷を知ることにより、学書者に指針を与え、さらに作品の深さや心の高さなど、独りでは到底到達できない境地まで引き上げる効果が期待できる。