Hua Sui
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Hua Sui, courtesy name Wenhui, art name Huitong, was a Chinese scholar, engineer, inventor, and printer of the Ming dynasty. He belonged to the wealthy Hua family of Wuxi that was renowned throughout
A page from one of Hua Sui's books printed in 1490 using metal movable type.
The Chinese Diamond Sutra, the oldest known printed book in world history (868 AD), using woodblock printing.
Jiaozi (currency), 11th century paper-printed money from the Song dynasty.
The Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China is a vast encyclopedic work written in China during the reigns of the Qing dynasty emperors Kangxi and Yongzheng. It was begun in 1700 and completed i
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