Yet Pi Sheng's moveable printing techniques were not truly put to use. This is because the clay material is brittle and would break after no more than a few uses. But this discovery raised the possibility of the development of moveable type.
然而我們現今使用了五百餘年的活版印刷術，並不是畢升發明的，因為膠泥易碎，使用不了幾次就壞了，但此一發明提出了活字發展的可能性。