Printing

Dublin Core

Title

Printing

Subject

Four Great Invention

Description

Printing is one of the four great inventions in ancient China. Before the invention of printing, the spread of culture relied mainly on hand-written books. Hand-printing is time-consuming and it is easy to make mistakes . The development of Chinese printing has been gone through the two stages of engraving and movable-type printing has given a great gift to human development.

Creator

Bi Sheng

Date

Sui dynasty(581–618)

Contributor

unknown

Relation

Four Great Invention

Format

Production method

Type

Skills

Coverage

Books

Citation

Bi Sheng, “Printing,” The Ancient Chinese Technology, accessed January 10, 2025, https://learning.hku.hk/ccch9051/group-1/items/show/14.