Xuan paper from others. The process includes steaming and bleaching the bark of "Pteroceltis tatarinowii", as well as the addition of a variety of juices. Xuan paper Xuan paper ("xuanzhi" ), or Shuen paper or rice paper, is a kind of paper originating in ancient China used for writing and painting. Xuan paper is renowned for being soft and fine textured, suitable for conveying the artistic expression of both Chinese calligraphy and painting. Xuan paper was first mentioned in ancient Chinese books "Notes of Past Famous Paintings" and "New Book of Tang". It was originally produced in the Tang dynasty in Jing
Wen Xuan Xuan" editions seem to have circulated during the Tang dynasty. Almost none of these other editions have survived to modern times, though a number of manuscripts have been preserved in Japan. A number of fragments of the "Wen Xuan" or commentaries to it were rediscovered in Japan in the 1950s, including one from Dunhuang discovered in the Eisei Bunko Museum and a complete manuscript of a shorter "Kujō" (九條, Mandarin: "Jiǔtiáo") edition printed as early as 1099. The best known of these other editions is "Collected Commentaries of the" Wen Xuan ("Wénxuǎn jízhù" 文選集注, Japanese: "Monzen shūchū"), an edition of