HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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Question
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9th century AD
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10th century AD
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11 century AD
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12 century AD
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Detailed explanation-1: -Bi Sheng () (990–1051) developed the first known movable-type system for printing in China around 1040 AD during the Northern Song dynasty, using ceramic materials. As described by the Chinese scholar Shen Kuo () (1031–1095): When he wished to print, he took an iron frame and set it on the iron plate.
Detailed explanation-2: -Bi Sheng (Chinese: ; 972–1051 AD) was a Chinese artisan, engineer, and inventor of the world’s first movable type technology, with printing being one of the Four Great Inventions. Bi Sheng’s system was made of Chinese porcelain and was invented between 1039 and 1048 in the Song dynasty.
Detailed explanation-3: -This technique was pioneered in China using ceramic pieces in the 11th century; the first movable metal type was produced in Korea in the 13th century, where the first book using this method was printed in 1377.
Detailed explanation-4: -Then, in AD 1045, a printer named Pi-Sheng did almost what Gutenberg would do 400 years later. He made separate characters of clay. He embedded the characters, face up, in a shallow tray lined with warm wax. He laid a board across them and pressed it down ‘til all the characters were at exactly the same level.