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Cai Lun was born in Guiyang Commandery (桂阳郡; modern-day Leiyang, Hunan province) [5] [‡ 2] in the Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 CE). [12] [d] His exact year of birth is unknown; estimates include c. 50, [13] c. 57, [14] and c. 62. [15] [e] Other than being born into a poor family, virtually nothing is known of his early life. [18]
Cai Lun: 50–121 AD Inventor of paper 8 Johannes Gutenberg: c. 1400–1468 Inventor of the printing press 9 Christopher Columbus: 1451–1506 Explorer 10 Albert ...
Cai Lun invented papermaking. 13 February: ... Cai Wenji was born. 179: The earliest known reference to The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art appeared. 180:
It therefore would appear that "Cai Lun's contribution was to improve this skill systematically and scientifically, fix a recipe for papermaking". [16] Cai Lun's biography in the Twenty-Four Histories says: [17] In ancient times writings and inscriptions were generally made on tablets of bamboo or on pieces of silk called chih.
Cai Chang (2000) President of All-China Women's Federation; Cai Hesen (2001) Communist Leader; Cai Lun (1962) Inventor of Paper; Cai Shengxi (2002) Military Leader; Cai Yuanpei (1988) Educator; Castro, Fidel (1963) President of Cuba; Chen Geng (2005) Senior General of Liberation Army; Chen Jingrun (1999) Chen Qiyou (1994) Member of United front
Leiyang is the hometown of Cai Lun, the inventor of papermaking technology, one of the Four Great Inventions. [4] It has more than 2,000 years of history as an ancient city named after the north of Lei River. Archaeological excavation proved that as early as the Neolithic Age, people have lived in the territory of Leiyang.
Atlanta received Lun Lun and Yang Yang from China in 1999 as part of a 25-year loan agreement that will soon expire. Ya Lun and Xi Lun, born in 2016, are the youngest of seven pandas born at Zoo ...
He had Consort Song and her sister arrested and interrogated by the eunuch Cai Lun. Consort Song and her sister saw that they were in deep straits, and they committed suicide by poison c. August 82. [ 2 ]