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The Technical Symbol for the Third Civilization Eras

The 6,000 years of human civilization history can be divided into three eras, each with its own obvious technical symbol......The technical symbol and propelling force in the second and third eras was papermaking and printing, both which originated in China.

Papermaking

· Cai Lun and the Papermaking

· The Spread of Papermaking

· The Development in Papermaking

· Original Writing Materials

· The Birth of Papermaking

Printing

· The Printing Technology

· Movable Type Printing

· Engraved Block Printing

· The Invention of Printing Technology

Special Inventions

· Stone-rubbing

· Paper Money

· Multicolor Chromatography and Color Printing

· Seal

· Brush and Ink

· Xuan Paper

People

· Wang Xuan

· Hu Zhengyan

· Wang Zhen

· Cai Lun

· Bi Sheng

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