After Qin and Han Dynasties, Wei and Jin Dynasties and Tang Dynasty, stones suitable for making inkstones were found everywhere, and inkstones were mainly made. Among them, Guangdong Duanzhou inkstone, Anhui Zhoujuan inkstone and Gansu Lintao Taohe inkstone are called Duanzhou inkstone, Juanyan inkstone and Taohe inkstone respectively. In the late Qing Dynasty, Shaanxi inkstone was listed as one of the four famous inkstones in China along with Duan, She and Lintao.

In the Han Dynasty, due to the invention of hand-made ink, ink can be directly ground on inkstone, so inkstone began to develop, and bronze inkstone, pottery inkstone, silver inkstone, Xu, wood tire lacquer sand inkstone and so on appeared. The most prominent thing from the Six Dynasties to the Sui Dynasty was the appearance of porcelain inkstones. The Tang Dynasty was an important period for the development of inkstones, with two inkstones, Duanshi and Huishi. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the materials for making inkstones were more abundant, and there appeared tile inkstones, iron inkstones, tin inkstones, jade inkstones, ivory inkstones and bamboo inkstones.

Besides inkstones, China also produced some inkstones made of other raw materials. In Han Dynasty, there were tile inkstone, pottery inkstone, jade inkstone, iron inkstone and lacquer inkstone. There were wooden inkstones, porcelain inkstones and bronze inkstones in Jin Dynasty. There were mud inkstones in the Tang Dynasty; In Song Dynasty, there were crystal inkstones, stone inkstones, brick inkstones and natural inkstones. There were fossil inkstones in Ming dynasty; There was paper and inkstone in Qing dynasty; Now there is a rubber inkstone.