Documentaryrecords
Accordingtothe198thyearof"ZhouYiguoWenzhongGongji"volume,theSouthernSongDynastyShaoxi4thyear(1193)ZhouBi,thechiefofficialofChangsha,said"RecentlyusedShenCunzhong"Method,usetheclaycopperplate,transfertheimprints""TheMiscellaneousNotesoftheYutang",presentedtoafriend.Accordingtothefifteenthvolumeof"Mu'anJi"writtenbyYaoShu'snephewYaoSuiintheYuanDynasty,YangGu(astudentofYaoShu)"isatrapforShen'sfamily"between1241and1251andprintedZhuXi's"PrimarySchool"and"PrimarySchool"."JinSiLu"andLuZuqian's"DongLaiClassicsandHistory"andotherbooks.Theso-called"ShenCunZhongfa"and"Shen'sLiveBoard"refertothemovabletypeversionofBiShengnidescribedbyShenKuo,whichprovesthatBiSheng'smethodhasbeenmasteredandappliedintheSongandYuandynasties.
Civilapplication
InthetenthyearofDaoguangintheQingDynasty(1830),LiYao,Suzhou,employedmorethan10workerswhenhelivedinHangzhou."ImitatedSongClayPrintingMethod",printedas"AnAnnotatedHistoryofSouthernXinjiang".Inthetwenty-fourthyearofDaoguang(1844)AnhuiJingxianschoolteacherZhaiJinshengmademorethan100,000claycharacters,dividedintolarge,medium,small,second-small,andsmallest5characters,printedasacollectionofself-writtenpoems,titled"ClayPlateTrialPrintingFirstEdition",thecharactersareallSongtype,printedclearly;laterprintedasfriendHuangJuezi's"XianpingShuwuFirstCollection"andhisbrother"ShuidongZhaiFamilyGenealogy".
