Events That Happened in 1041
1041
During the reign of Chingli, [1041-1048] Bi Sheng, a man of unofficial position, made movable type. His method was as follows: he took sticky clay and cut in it characters as thin as the edge of a coin. Each character formed, as it were, a single type. He baked them in the fire to make them hard. He had previously prepared an iron plate and he h...”
— Shen Kuo
1041 Timeline
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1041 to 1048
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Bi Sheng Invents First Known Movable Type Technology
"During the reign of Chingli, [1041-1048] Bi Sheng, a man of unofficial position, made movable type. His method was as follows: he took sticky clay and cut in it characters as thin as the ..." —Shen Kuo
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