During the aesthetically inclined Six Dynasties period (222-589), ju-i's were elaborately carved and engraved from gold, jade, bone, rhinoceros horn, and red sandalwood. They gradually developed into purely nominal good-luck pieces, to be given as gifts or simply admired as objects d'art.
綜合著錄記載，在唯美藝術風行的六朝時代，如意的質地已有金、玉、骨、犀角、紫檀等，同時逐漸被精鏤細雕，演變成徒具吉祥之名，或只供觀賞及賞賚進獻的雕飾華麗之物而已。