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Who was it[edit]

It's very strange that some say Bi Sheng was the inventor of bookprinting orChae Yun-eui. Who was the first. (sry for my language because I'm not english) CEST 13:54

^ Well, he was definitely the inventor of movable type, as described by Shen Kuo. That much is for sure. Lol.

--PericlesofAthens 05:21, 29 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Improvements[edit]

I just made some general improvements to the article, and added proper page numbers to the first citation. Go have a look-see.--PericlesofAthens 17:19, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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I suggest that the China Group should read the following journal essay to refine this article:

Gunaratne, Shelton A. (2001). Paper, printing and the printing press: A horizontally integrative macrohistory analysis. International Communication Gazette, 63 (6) 439-470.

You are welcome to cite it as a reference.

SG —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gunarat (talk • contribs) 05:01, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Movable type versus printing press[edit]

I just got rid of the reference to the printing press here. If you look at the discussion in the article on the printing press, you will see that Bi Sheng invented movable type, but not the press (which, as its name implies, involves pressing, through the use of a continuous screw). Attributing the printing press to Bi Sheng is an error, plain and simple, made by those who think that movable type and the printing press are the same thing. Alexandergreenb (talk) 16:04, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]