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  2. www.britannica.com › biography › Cai-LunCai Lun | Biography, Paper, & Facts | Britannica

    Cai Lun, Chinese court official who is traditionally credited with the invention of paper. About the year 105 he conceived of the idea of forming sheets of paper from the macerated bark of trees, hemp waste, old rags, and fishnets. Improvements were made by his apprentice, Zuo Bo.

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    Cai Lun (Chinese: 蔡 伦; courtesy name: Jingzhong (敬 仲); c. 50–62 – 121 CE), formerly romanized as Ts'ai Lun, was a Chinese eunuch court official of the Eastern Han dynasty.

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    In 105 C.E., Cai Lun submitted to the emperor a process for making paper out of the inner bark of mulberry trees, bamboo, and remnants of hemp, rags of cloth, and fishing nets. He mixed them with water, pounded them with a wooden tool, and then poured this mixture onto a flat piece of coarsely woven cloth, letting the water drain through, and leavi...

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    The immediate popularity of the invention attributed to Cai Lun is evident in the discovery of paper (dated to within 50 years of Cai Lun's death) in the inhospitable deserts of arid Chinese Turkestan. The province of Guizhou became renowned for its paper-making workshops.By the third century, paper was widely used as a writing medium in China and ...

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    Hunter, Dard. 1932. Old papermaking in China and Japan.Chillicothe, OH: Mountain House Press.
    Narita, Kiyofusa. 1980. A life of Tsʼai Lung and Japanese paper-making.Tokyo: Paper Museum.
    Narita, Kiyofusa. 1966. A life of Ts'ai Luing and Japanese paper-making.Tokyo: Dainihon Press.
    Needham, Joseph, and Ling Wang. 1954. Science and civilisation in China. Cambridge [Eng.]: University Press. ISBN 9780521327275

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    Short biography of Cai Lun (AD 50-121) the Inventor of paper. Discover the details of his life that point to him as playing a pivotal role in creating paper - an invention that changed the world.

  7. www.historyofpaper.net › paper-invention › cai-lunCai Lun - Famous Chinese Inventor of Paper - History of Paper

    While some strived to perfect the use of parchment (dried and stretched animal skin), Chinese focused their attention to real wood-based paper. Paper appeared in china in 3rd or 2nd century BC, but it was greatly popularized during the life of Chinese political official and inventor Cai Lun.

  8. www.historyofinformation.com › detailThe Invention of Paper in China - History of Information

    Jul 15, 2024 · Postage stamp portraying Cai Lun, eunuch official credited with the invention of paper, issued by People's Republic of China in 1962. In 105 CE Cai Lun, a eunuch and official of the Chinese Imperial Court, reported to the Emperor of China that paper had been invented.

  9. www.tuhin.world › cai-lunCai Lun: The Innovator of Papermaking - Tuhin World

    Jan 3, 2024 · Cai Lun (circa 50–121 AD) was a Chinese eunuch and an official during the Eastern Han Dynasty. Renowned for inventing paper and the papermaking process around 105 AD, Cai Lun's innovation significantly impacted communication, education, and culture.