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Official Invention of Paper-Making Process by Cai Lun

105 CE

Historical illustration: Official Invention of Paper-Making Process by Cai Lun
Historical illustration: Official Invention of Paper-Making Process by Cai Lun

Cai Lun demonstrates to Emperor He an affordable paper-making process using bark and hemp rags.

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ARCHEOLOGY

Fragments de papier Han anciens découverts à Dunhuang et Fangmatan

LITERATURE

Fan Ye, Hou Hanshu (Livre des Han postérieurs, Biographie de Cai Lun)

Reliability index : ★★★★★

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Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han: writing, philosophy, unification and the Silk Road.

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