Printed Book (Illustrated Collector's Edition)

Author: Xu Yiniang
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: Books are tools for disseminating knowledge and important means for the advancement of human material and cultural life. As one of China's Four Great Inventions, printing is a significant production technology for books. Specifically, it is a replication technique that transfers images and text onto a carrier. Before the invention of printing, books were copied through manual transcription, which was laborious and time-consuming, resulting in scarce copies and failing to meet people's reading needs. After the invention of printing, books could be easily printed in numerous copies, allowing for widespread dissemination and long-term preservation, thereby promoting the popularization of knowledge. Therefore, it can be said that the invention of printing had a profound impact on the development of human civilization, and this influence has continued to this day. Based on the existing movable-type artifacts, printed books, and relevant historical records, we have learned that movable-type printing has been in a process of development and change for over nine hundred years since its inception.