印刷术英文专题知识

Printing印刷术Printing,

knownas“motherofcivilization”,wasanothergreatinventionoftheChinesepeople.Ithasalonghistoryandincludesblockprinting(雕版印刷)and

movabletypeprinting(活字印刷).Block

printing(雕版印刷)

BlockPrintingwasprobablyinventedbetweentheSuiandTangdynasties.Theprocessofblockprintingstartedwiththecuttingofwoodintoblocks,andthencharacterswereengravedinreliefontheblocks.Inkwasbrushedontheengravedblockandawhitesheetofpaperwasspreadacrossitandthenbrushedwithacleanbrushonitsbackleavinganimagewhenthepaperwasremoved.隋Theworld’soldestsurvivingbookprintedonpaperisDiamondSutra(《金刚经》).Itistheearliestwoodcutillustrationinaprintedbook.ItwasprintedinTangDynasty.

Movabletypeprinting(活字印刷)In

Song

Dynasty,

word

workerBi

Sheng

,

Use

the

clay

with

viscidity,

make

into

the

rectangle

cube,

carve

the

single

Chinese

characters

on

it,

burn

it

with

the

fire,

form

the

font.

The

printing

skill

is

named

the

typography.

唐毕昇writeburncarveprinttypesetting书写雕刻烧制排版印制Advantages：Itcanbeusedrepeatedlyandsave

materials.Itiseasytobemodified.Improvetheefficiency.Disadvantages:It’shardtotypesetting.Theworkersarerequiredtoread.

By

the

year1000,

paged

books

in

the

modern

style

had

replaced

scrolls.

Two

color

printing

(black

and

red)

was

seen

as

early

as

1340.

This

technology

then

spread

to

Korea,

Japan,

Vietnam

and

Europe.

Later,

German

Johann

Gutenberg

invented

movable

type

made

of

metal

in

the

1440s.

Movable

Type

Printing

developed

very

fast.

Based

on

clay

type,

type

made

of

wood,

lead,

tin

and

copper

gradually

appeared.

Development后期发展Themodernprinting当代印刷Itmakesbookscanbepublishedinlargenumber.Soit

is

helpful

to

promote

the

developmentof

culture.Itpromotesthe

spread

of

educationandthedisseminationofknowledge.

Itmeansalottothespreadofreligionandthedevelopmentofcurrency.Significance深远意义

Inaword,China

ancient

four

inventions,

has

left

behind

a

magnificent

chapterin

the

history

of

human

science

and

culture.

These

great

inventions

on