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Bamboo and wooden slips
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Bamboo and wooden slips are long, narrow strips of wood or bamboo, each typically holding a single column of several dozen brush-written characters. They were the main media for writing documents in C
Replica of bamboo slips from the Warring States period
Replica of bamboo slips from the Warring States period
A single slip (shown in six parts) from the Shanghai Museum bamboo slips (c. 300 BC), recording part of a commentary on the Classic of Poetry
A single slip (shown in six parts) from the Shanghai Museum bamboo slips (c. 300 BC), recording part of a commentary on the Classic of Poetry
An 18th-century edition of The Art of War made with bamboo strips
An 18th-century edition of The Art of War made with bamboo strips
History of paper
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Paper is a thin nonwoven material traditionally made from a combination of milled plant and other textile fibres. The first paper-like plant-based writing sheet was papyrus in Egypt, but the first tru
Bamboo and wooden slips
…typically holding a single column of several dozen brush-written characters. They were the main media for writing documents in China before the widespread introduction of paper during the first two centuries AD. (Silk was occasionally used, for example in the Chu Silk Manuscript, but was prohibitively expensive for most…
In contrast to paper, papyrus has an uneven surface that visibly retains the original structure of the ribbon-like strips that make it up. As the papy
In contrast to paper, papyrus has an uneven surface that visibly retains the original structure of the ribbon-like strips that make it up. As the papyrus is worked, it tends to break apart along the seams, leading to long linear cracks and eventually falling apart.
Hemp wrapping paper, Western Han period of China, circa 100 BCE
Hemp wrapping paper, Western Han period of China, circa 100 BCE
Oldest paper book, Pi Yu Jing, composed of six different materials, circa 256 CE
Oldest paper book, Pi Yu Jing, composed of six different materials, circa 256 CE
The world's earliest known printed book (using woodblock printing), the Diamond Sutra of 868, shows the widespread availability and practicality of pa
The world's earliest known printed book (using woodblock printing), the Diamond Sutra of 868, shows the widespread availability and practicality of paper in China.