Ep. 3 | The Four Great Inventions
The China History Podcast
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The Buddha's Diamond Sutra
The first complete printed book is thought to be the Buddhist Diamond Sutra, the Jin Gang-Jing. It predated the Gutenberg Bible by 587 years. Printing went from China to Korea first around the year 700. Chinese were also the first to print in multi-color.
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