《造纸术的故事》讲述了中国古人探索书写材
料的历程，从陶文、甲骨文、钟鼎文到木牍、竹简
、缣帛，从“蔡候纸”到“千年寿纸”，彰显了中
华民族不断求索、勇于创新的精神。本书以史实为
依据，采用精美的手绘方式，清晰地再现了东汉时
期蔡伦的造纸工艺，对每一种原料、每一道工序都
进行了详细的介绍，无不凝结着中华民族勤劳智慧
的汗水。造纸技艺的流传促进了文化的迅速传播，
让大量的人类文明成果得以存留。造纸术传播到世
界各地后，更是对全世界的社会历史和科学文化的
发展起到了极大的推动作用。
The Story of Papermaking traces the journey of ancient Chinese exploring the media for writing. From pottery script tooracle bone script and bell and cauldron script, the book moves on to the wooden and bamboo slips and silk once used for writing before paper in its real sense was invented by Cai Lun in the Eastern Han Dynasty some nineteen hundred years ago and later perfected as xuan paper, with its one-thousand-year lifespan. The process demonstrates China’s spirit of ceaseless exploration and courageous innovation. Drawing on historical research and using exquisite hand-drawn illustrations, this book depicts the papermaking techniques invented by Cai Lun, detailing each raw material and procedure, which were condensed with the sweat of Chinese diligence and wisdom. The spread of papermaking techniques sped up the propagation of culture while preserving a great deal of the fruits of human civilization. Once papermaking spread all over the world it became an important driving force behind the development of society, history, science and culture.
