What are the main stages of the development of ancient printing in China?

During the period from the first year of Renzong in the Northern Song Dynasty to eight years, namely1041-kloc-0/048, an ordinary laborer named Bi Sheng invented movable type printing. Movable type printing is one of the greatest inventions in human history, and it is also China's great contribution to world culture.

Second, block printing.

Engraving printing was invented in the Tang Dynasty and was widely used in the middle and late Tang Dynasty. 1900, a beautifully printed Diamond Sutra was found in the Thousand Buddha Cave in Dunhuang, with the words "April 15th, 9th year of Xian Tong (AD 868)" at the end. This is the earliest printed matter with a definite date in the world.

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The record of movable type printing first appeared in Meng Qian Bi Tan written by Shen Kuo, a famous scientist in the Song Dynasty: A.D. 104 1~ 1048. Bi Sheng of Buyi made characters with clay, and each character was a seal, which was hardened by fire and made into pottery.

When typesetting, prepare an iron plate and relax the mixture of incense, wax and paper ash. On the iron plate. There is an iron shelf around the iron plate, and the iron shelf is full of characters to be printed. Then bake it with fire, melt the mixture, integrate it with the movable type block, press it on the movable type with a flat plate while it is hot, so that the words are flat, and you can print.

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