元代官方十分重视刻书。早在元代刚刚建立的时候,就把宋代府库书版一抢而光,并从江南招募了不少刻工,据记载; “宋降,伯颜命(张)惠与参知政事阿刺罕等入城,按阅府库版籍,收其太庙及景灵宫礼乐器物、册宝、郊天仪仗。籍江南民为工匠凡三十万户,惠选有艺者十余万户”。这些工匠之中,就有不少刻字匠人。刻字匠世代相袭,在官府各局、院中服役,技术水平是相当高的。元代中央官刻有兴文署本、广成局本、太医院本、太史院本等,其中以兴文署本最为著名。兴文署“秩从六品 Yuan Dynasty official attaches great importance to engraving. As early as the Yuan Dynasty was just established, put the Song Dynasty House library version of a robbery, and recruited a lot of carvings from the south, according to records; “Song drop, Boyan life (Zhang) Hui and Senate political affairs A thorn Han and other into the city, according to reading the library version of the books, receive the Imperial Ancestral Temple and Jingling Palace ritual objects, Treasure, suburban ceremonial war .Jiangnan people as artisans where 300000 households, Hui election there are more than ten million artists. ” Among these craftsmen, there are many lettering craftsmen. Engraving the lettering generation from generation to generation, in the government bureau, hospital service, technical level is quite high. In the Yuan Dynasty, the central government inscribed Xingben Department, Guangcheng Bureau, Taiyuan Hospital, Taiyuan Hospital, etc, of which Xingben Department was the most famous. Hing Man Service "rank from the six products