It took more than three hundred years for regular script to mature. In its early developing stage, the script had more features of clerical script from which it evolved. This inscription is a superb example of the scriptural transition.

The stone stele, a memorial stone of a then local official, was rediscovered by scholar-calligrapher Ruan Yuan, then Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, at Luliang County of Yunnan Province, 1826. By his penetrating judgement in Chinese calligraphy, he enthusiastically praised its angular, masculine style, and his advertisement contributed to the fact that the inscription has held a significant position in clerical-regular script.