Chinese history experienced the level such as primitive society, servile society, feudal society. Heretofore already 5000 above. Long years is here medium, our ancestor is remembered for the help, record experience, stay pass, write book end to say to wait for need, the data that has used a lot of natural raw material or course treatment writes place to use as begin to remember things, book. Ancient secretary carries clerical method or have via the person that archaeology discovers objective: An upright stone tablet of beat of carve of bone of tie knots begin to remember things, armour, rock, brief wooden tablets or slips for writing fines silk silk.

In the account data with inchoate above, use the widest is brief wooden tablets or slips for writing is mixed fine silk silk, especially brief wooden tablets or slips for writing. Brief wooden tablets or slips for writing is actual the floorboard that is a few kinds of things, those who point to is wooden tablets or slips for writing of bamboo slip, inscribed wooden slip, bamboo and inscribed wooden tablet, among them brief with bamboo slip, wooden tablets or slips for writing is with inscribed wooden tablet much. Write the word in long and narrow bamboo piece or bamboo slip or inscribed wooden slip are called on batten; Write in wider bamboo piece or bamboo calls wooden tablets or slips for writing or inscribed wooden tablet on board. Wang Chong of the Eastern Han Dynasty is in " theory judge " in account: "Bamboo gives birth to Yu Shan, wood grows Yu Lin, cut bamboo is brief, broken think an official document or note, add the mark of writing, become a written language therefore " , "Break wood to be Qian, those who watchman's clapper for board, force adds scrape,

Fine silk silk is a kind of silk actually, can cut out, tailor dress, also can write painterly. Compare with photograph of brief wooden tablets or slips for writing, it is soft and smooth, carry the pen is mixed easily roll back and forth, unlike bamboo slip is so cumbersome, easily messy. But fine silk the price of silk is high, be gained ground impossibly to popularize.

Cai Lun is Chinese hold Shang Fangling concurrently with the middling serve when the Supreme Being, administer makes court articles for use. " Cai Lun is passed " account, he " have scholarship, endeavor Dui Shen, ... always yuan 9 years (the Christian era 97 years) , inspect makes secret sword reach all appliance, essence of there's no one who doesn't or isn't is versed in firm secret, for later ages law. " the individual quality that explains he has creation and the corporeal condition that develop plant fiber paper. Say him again " every come cease wash one's hair, always closes the door absolutely guest, cruel body field " explain he often goes to folk inspecting the manufacturing experience such as the soak hemp, arrowroot that boil, spin, and research of with great concentration, deepen and accumulated the understanding to plant raw material and fiber function. He is compliant social need, the expectation accord with everybody, via trying hard for a long time to develop, be in eventually the Christian era 105 years (Yuan Xingyuan of the Eastern Han Dynasty year) , used head of broken fishnet, old leftover of cloth, hemp and bark to make a book write with paper.
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