"In ancient times writing was generally on bamboo or on pieces of silk, which were then called zhi. But silk being expensive and bamboo heavy, these were not convenient to use. Cai Lun then initiated the idea of making paper from bark, hemp, rags, and fishnets."
— Cai Lun
In Ancient Times Writing Was Generally
In ancient times writing was generally on bamboo or on pieces of silk, which were then called zhi. But silk being expensive and bamboo heavy, these were not convenient to use. Cai Lun then initiated the idea of making paper from bark, hemp, rags, and fishnets.
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Source
Fan Ye, Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Chapter 78, biography of Cai Lun (5th century)
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