WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Ceramic movable type in China 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Paper was first made in Lei-Yang, China by Ts’ai Lun, a Chinese court official. In all likelihood, Ts’ai mixed mulberry bark, hemp and rags with water, mashed it into pulp, pressed out the liquid and hung the thin mat to dry in the sun.

Detailed explanation-3: -The invention of paper greatly helped the spread of literature and literacy, making books more convenient to use and cheaper. Scholars at the Imperial academies were issued with thousands of sheets of paper each month by the government.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Chinese are credited with inventing wood block printing in the A.D. 3rd century, and printing presses in the 11th century.

Detailed explanation-5: -China in 1000 CE By the 9th century, Chinese craftsmen had developed a way to mass produce books by carving words and pictures into wooden blocks, inking them, and then pressing paper onto the blocks. Each block consisted of an entire page of text and illustrations.