movable type printing was invented in china in around ad 1040.
movable type printing was invented in china in around ad 1040.
when was movable type printing invented in china?
around ad 1040
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printing in northern china was further advanced by the 11th century, as it was written by the song dynasty scientist and statesman shen kuo (1031–1095) that the common artisan bi sheng (990-1051) invented ceramic movable type printing. then there were those such as wang zhen (fl. 1290-1333) who invented respectively wooden type setting, which later influenced developing metal moveable type printing in korea (1372-1377). movable type printing was a tedious process if one were to assemble thousands of individual characters for the printing of simply one or a few books, but if used for printing thousands of books, the process was efficient and rapid enough to be successful and highly employed. indeed, there were many cities in china where movable type printing, in wooden and metal form, was adopted by the enterprises of wealthy local families or large private industries. the qing dynasty court sponsored enormous printing projects using woodblock movable type printing during the 18th century. although superseded by western printing techniques, woodblock movable type printing remains in use in isolated communities in china.
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