Printing is one of the four great inventions of working people in ancient China. Engraving printing was invented in the Tang Dynasty and was widely used in the middle and late Tang Dynasty. Song Renzong and Bi Sheng invented movable type printing, which marked the birth of movable type printing. He was the first inventor in the world, about 400 years before Johannes Gutenberg invented movable type printing, which marked the birth of movable type printing.
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The invention of printing is a glorious chapter in the history of human civilization, and the great honor of establishing this great achievement belongs to the Chinese nation.
The mass production of printed books increases the chances of book preservation and reduces the possibility of handwritten books dying out due to limited collection. Due to the wide spread of printed books and the increase in the number of readers, the church's monopoly on academics in the past has been challenged by secular people. The priority of religious works is gradually replaced by humanist works, and readers have a better understanding of the differences and contradictions in ancient books, thus weakening their confidence in traditional sayings and laying the foundation for the development of new knowledge.