CMN 216 Chapter Notes - Chapter -: Logogram, John Durham Peters, Woodblock Printing
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Communication in history - chapter 9: paper and block printing - from china to europe. The invention of printing and the use of people is one of china"s inventions. Invention of paper in the dynastic records goes back to year a. d. 105 (because this was the date it was officially reported to the emperor by the eunuch ts"ai lun invention was a gradual process. The invention of the writing brush of hair, attributed to general meng t"ien in the third century b. c. , worked a transformation in writing materials. The various materials used for this paper was: the bark of the mulberry tree; hemp, both raw fibers and those which have been fabricated (fish nets, etc. ); and various plant fibers, especially china grass, not in their raw form but taken from rags. Rag paper was invented in china at the beginning of the second century although it was a cheap substitute (from bamboo and silk)
