{"id":51147,"date":"2019-09-18T04:00:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T08:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=51147"},"modified":"2019-09-17T23:11:21","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T03:11:21","slug":"the-invention-of-writing-paper-and-print-l-history-of-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2019\/09\/18\/the-invention-of-writing-paper-and-print-l-history-of-china\/","title":{"rendered":"The invention of Writing, Paper and Print! l HISTORY OF CHINA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AUm7Ia4P9NI\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>IT&#8217;S HISTORY<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Published on 22 Jul 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The invention of script, paper and printing can be credited to the Chinese. It was in China that Cai Lun, in his emperor\u2019s service, made the production of paper suitable for the masses. Originally planned as a means to wrap things in, it soon became obvious that paper was more suitable for writing than the common bamboo stick. Guy explains how the Chinese printed written pages long before Gutenberg was born, how Chinese writing actually works and how emperor Qin tried to establish the standardized Chinese Han Characters, or <em>Hanzi<\/em>, attempting to unify the writing symbols for his country.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SOURCES<br \/>\nVideos: British Path\u00e9 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/britishpathe\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/britishp&#8230;<\/a>)<br \/>\nPictures: mainly Picture Alliance<br \/>\nContent:<br \/>\nFaulmann, Carl (1995): <em>Schriftzeichen und Alphabete aller Zeiten und V\u00f6lker<\/em>. Augsburg. <em>Reprint der Originalausabe von 1880 Wien<\/em>.<br \/>\nPan, Jixing (1998): &#8220;On the origin of movable metal-types&#8221;. In: <em>Chinese Science Bulletin<\/em> 43 (20).<br \/>\nWai Wong (2005): &#8220;Typesetting Chinese. A personal perspective&#8221;. In: <em>TUGboat<\/em> 26 (2) 111-114.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?v=AUm7Ia4P9NI&#038;event=video_description&#038;redir_token=dzXtUcJXThXSsOponf3laISFmdV8MTU2ODg2MTY1MkAxNTY4Nzc1MjUy&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tug.org%2FTUGboat%2Ftb26-2%2Fwong.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.tug.org\/TUGboat\/tb26-2\/wo&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nYan, Yangtse (2006): &#8220;New Evidence suggests longer paper making history in China&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?v=AUm7Ia4P9NI&#038;event=video_description&#038;redir_token=dzXtUcJXThXSsOponf3laISFmdV8MTU2ODg2MTY1MkAxNTY4Nzc1MjUy&#038;q=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.xinhuanet.com%2Fenglish%2F2006-08%2F08%2Fcontent_4937457.htm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/english\/200&#8230;<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u00bb ABOUT US<br \/>\nIT&#8217;S HISTORY is a ride through history &#8211; Join us discovering the world\u2019s most important eras in IN TIME, BIOGRAPHIES of the GREATEST MINDS and the most important INVENTIONS. <\/p>\n<p>\u00bb HOW CAN I SUPPORT YOUR CHANNEL?<br \/>\nYou can support us by sharing our videos with your friends and spreading the word about our work. <\/p>\n<p>\u00bb CAN I EMBED YOUR VIDEOS ON MY WEBSITE?<br \/>\nOf course, you can embed our videos on your website. 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We\u2019re happy if we can contribute with our videos. <\/p>\n<p>\u00bb CREDITS<br \/>\nPresented by: Guy Kiddey<br \/>\nScript by: Martin Haldenmair<br \/>\nTranslated by: Guy Kiddey<br \/>\nDirected by: Daniel Czepelczauer<br \/>\nDirector of Photography: Markus Kretzschmar<br \/>\nMusic: Markus Kretzschmar<br \/>\nSound Design: Bojan Novic<br \/>\nEditing: Markus Kretzschmar<\/p>\n<p>A Mediakraft Networks original channel<br \/>\nBased on a concept by Florian Wittig and Daniel Czepelczauer<br \/>\nExecutive Producers: Astrid Deinhard-Olsson, Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nHead of Production: Michael Wendt<br \/>\nProducer: Daniel Czepelczauer<br \/>\nSocial Media Manager: Laura Pagan and Florian Wittig<\/p>\n<p>Contains material licensed from British Path\u00e9<br \/>\nAll rights reserved &#8211; \u00a9 Mediakraft Networks GmbH, 2015<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screenshot_2019-09-18-The-invention-of-Writing-Paper-and-Print-l-HISTORY-OF-CHINA.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screenshot_2019-09-18-The-invention-of-Writing-Paper-and-Print-l-HISTORY-OF-CHINA-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-51149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screenshot_2019-09-18-The-invention-of-Writing-Paper-and-Print-l-HISTORY-OF-CHINA-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screenshot_2019-09-18-The-invention-of-Writing-Paper-and-Print-l-HISTORY-OF-CHINA-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screenshot_2019-09-18-The-invention-of-Writing-Paper-and-Print-l-HISTORY-OF-CHINA-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screenshot_2019-09-18-The-invention-of-Writing-Paper-and-Print-l-HISTORY-OF-CHINA-853x480.png 853w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screenshot_2019-09-18-The-invention-of-Writing-Paper-and-Print-l-HISTORY-OF-CHINA.png 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IT&#8217;S HISTORY Published on 22 Jul 2015 The invention of script, paper and printing can be credited to the Chinese. 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