The eight characters, by an ingenious play on their meanings, shapes, and sounds, could be recombined into four other characters saying, "Excellent writing!"
碑上八字：黃絹，是染色的絲，為「絕」；幼婦，少女之意，為「妙」；外孫是女兒生的孩子，為「好」；齏臼是放置辛辣物的容器，古字為「」（同辭）；四字合在一起便成「絕妙好辭」。