a Guy Who Invented Paper

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Try to imagine living in the era prior to the paper, people use bamboo bark, and palm leaves, animal skin that has been dried, and rocks to write something. How thick of a book written using a bamboo stem. With the paper being used now, to make writing activities more easily and comfortably.

Who is The Guy?

But do you know who invented the first material of this paper? The inventor was named Ts'ai Lun, a civil servant at the royal court who later became secretary of the empire during the Han Dynasty. With these positions, job Ts'ai Lun is always associated with the business of writing. At that time, most Chinese people use the bark of bamboo and silk materials for media writing. The book is very heavy bamboo, making it difficult to under go anywhere, while the book was very expensive silk.

This is what underlies Ts'ai Lun to seek alternative media writing material for a cheap and easy to carry everywhere. In the year 105 AD, Ts'ai Lun paper presents an example to the Emperor Ho Ti (Note Ts'ai Lun of China of the discovery is contained in the writing of official history of Han dynasty).

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Ts'ai Lun was the discovery made radical changes in terms of historical writing in the country of China. This discovery was quickly developed and spread to the Arab and European, to the whole world. Important discovery that became a world heritage that is very useful for life in the world.

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