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Wang Zhen (simplified Chinese: 王祯; traditional Chinese: 王禎; pinyin: Wáng Zhēn; Wade–Giles: Wang Chen, fl. 1290–1333) was a Chinese agronomist, inventor, mechanical engineer, politician, and writer of the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368). He was one of the early innovators of the wooden movable type printing technology.
The Yuan minister Bolad was sent to Iran, where he explained Yuan paper money to the court of Gaykhatu of the Ilkhanate. [25] The Il-khanate government issued paper money in 1294, but public distrust of the exotic new currency doomed the experiment. [26] Foreign observers took note of Yuan printing technology.
Yuan dynasty banknote (2 guàn) with its printing plate (1287). Jiaochao (simplified Chinese: 交钞; traditional Chinese: 交鈔; pinyin: jiāochāo) is a Chinese word for banknote first used for the currency of the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty and later by the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty of China.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 February 2025. Mongol-led dynasty of China (1271–1368) Great Yuan 大元 Dà Yuán (Chinese) ᠳᠠᠢ ᠦᠨ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ Dai Ön ulus (Mongolian) 1271–1368 Yuan dynasty (c. 1290) Status Khagan -ruled division of the Mongol Empire Conquest dynasty of Imperial China Capital Khanbaliq (now Beijing ...
A fragment of a dharani print in Sanskrit and Chinese, c. 650–670, Tang dynasty The Great Dharani Sutra, one of the world's oldest surviving woodblock prints, c. 704-751 The intricate frontispiece of the Diamond Sutra from Tang-dynasty China, 868 AD (British Museum), the earliest extant printed text bearing a date of printing Colophon to the Diamond Sutra dating the year of printing to 868
Yuan dynasty banknote with its printing plate, 1287. He issued paper banknotes known as Jiaochao (鈔) in 1273. Paper currency had been issued and used in China before Yuan time; by 960, the Song dynasty, short of copper for striking coins, issued the first generally circulating notes.
Wang Zhen (inventor) (fl. 1290–1333), Yuan dynasty official and inventor of a wooden movable type printing; Wang Zhen (eunuch) (died 1449), Ming dynasty eunuch; Wang Yiting or Wang Zhen (1867–1938), Chinese businessman and painter; Wang Zhen (general) (1908–1993), Chinese general and politician, one of the Eight Elders of the Chinese ...
Yuan dynasty woodblocks edition of a Chinese play Song dynasty (960–1279) bronze plate advertising print for the Liu family needle shop at Jinan. Earliest extant print advertisement. Earliest extant print advertisement.