In Chongqing he came to know the well-known calligrapher Shen Yinmo, and it was under Shen's direction that he began to expand his repertoire beyond the styles of the 3rd to 9th centuries, drawing on the natural elegance of noted calligraphers such as Zhao Mengfu (1254-1322) and Wen Zhengming (1470-1559), to develop a neat, full style, with every character a beauty.
在重慶時候，王壯為結識了書法名家沈尹默，因為沈尹默的指點，在晉唐華美的風格之外，更加入趙孟頫、文徵明等飄逸書風，書寫工整飽滿，無一字不美。