Lantingji Xu, Wang Xizhi's,353
"A goat and sheep", Zhao Meng-Fu, fourteenth century CE.
Woodblock image of revolving typecase, c. 1313 CE.
Chinese movable types, c. 1300 CE.
-Chinese writing is visual, every symbol is composed of a number of differently shaped lines with in an imaginary square. Chinese characters are logograms, graphic signs that represent an entire word.
- The high government official, Ts’ai Lun invented paper, before the chinese wrote on bamboo slats using bamboo pens with dense ink.
-Printing was invented by the chinese, the first form was relief printing seals called chops were made by carving calligraphic characters into a flat surface of jade, silver, gold, or ivory
-during the early ninth century the chinese government began to issue paper certificates to merchants. Paper money was used instead of metal coins due to shortage of iron money. China became the first society where ordinary people had daily contact with printed images.
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