“The Legacy of Cai Lun: Innovator of Ancient Chinese Papermaking”
Cai Lun, a Chinese court official during the Eastern Han Dynasty, is often credited with the invention of paper as we know it today. Although paper-like materials had existed in China for centuries before his time, Cai Lun’s refinement of the papermaking process in the 2nd century CE had profound implications, not just for China […]