Cai Lun

Cailun(?-121), he was from Leiyang, Hunan province. He invented paper. The paper were made from bark, old cloth and fishnet. The raw materials were more cheaper than bamboo which people in that timen wrote on. Then this paper became popular, and called "Paper of Duck Cai".

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