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      • Wang Zhen improved the earlier experimented process by adding the methods of specific type cutting and finishing, making the type case and revolving table that made the process more efficient.In Wang Zhen's system, all the Chinese writing characters were organized by five different tones and according to rhyming, using a standard official book of Chinese rhymes.
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  2. Wang Zhen (simplified Chinese: 王祯; traditional Chinese: 王禎; pinyin: Wáng Zhēn; Wade–Giles: Wang Chen, fl. 1290–1333) was a Chinese agronomist, inventor, mechanical engineer, politician, and writer of the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368). He was one of the early innovators of the wooden movable type printing technology.

  3. Jul 15, 2024 · Wang Zhen, (simplified Chinese: 王祯; traditional Chinese: 王禎; pinyin: Wáng Zhēn; Wade–Giles: Wang Chen, fl. 1290 – 1333), an official of the Yuan Dynasty working in Jingde County in Anhui province, and author of the Nong Shu, developed movable type carved from wood in China around 1280 CE.

  4. Dec 31, 2018 · Wang Zhen explored several approaches but determined that wooden block movable type would be most effective since the many unique Chinese characters that would be needed could be quickly hand-carved. His work with wooden movable type was primarily conducted in the years 1297 or 1298.

  5. Aug 18, 2024 · Wang Zhen (simplified Chinese: 王祯; traditional Chinese: 王禎; pinyin: Wáng Zhēn; Wade–Giles: Wang Chen, fl. 1290–1333) was a Chinese agronomist, inventor, mechanical engineer, politician, and writer of the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368).

  6. Mar 10, 2024 · Wang Zhen († 1368) was a Chinese inventor, agronomist, writer and politician of the Yuan Dynasty. He is considered one of the inventors of early movable woodblock printing technology.

  7. Artist: Wang Zhen (Chinese, 1867–1938) Date: dated 1914. Culture: China. Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper. Dimensions: 60 x 15 7/8 in. (152.4 x 40.3 cm) Classification: Paintings. Credit Line: Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986. Accession Number: 1986.267.152

  8. An inventor and agronomist, Wang Zhen began his career as a low-level Yuan dynasty magistrate. While stationed in Anhui province from 1290 to 1301, he invented a system of wooden movable type, which he describes in a treatise.

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