Epigraphy is a serious supplement to history and has a strong historical significance. It systematically studies antiquities. In which dynasty did the Southern Song Dynasty rise?

Epigraphy was formed in the Northern Song Dynasty,

Ouyang Xiu was the pioneer of epigraphy, and student Ceng Gong put forward the word epigraphy.

In Qing Dynasty, Wang Mingsheng and others formally put forward the name of epigraphy.

Epigraphy refers to an archaeology in the ancient traditional culture of China. Its main research objects are bronzes and stone tablets of past dynasties, especially the inscriptions and rubbings on them. Broadly speaking, it also includes bamboo slips, Oracle Bone Inscriptions, jade, bricks, clay, military symbols, funerary wares and other general cultural relics.

The study of epigraphy involves philology, history, calligraphy, literature, library science and so on. It appeared in the Han Dynasty, but it was most developed in the Song and Qing Dynasties. The excavation of Shi Guwen in the Song Dynasty and the discovery of Oracle Bone Inscriptions in the late Qing Dynasty are important milestones in epigraphy.