during the Yuan Dynasty

Printing in the Yuan Dynasty

Great progress was made in printing techniques during the Yuan Dynasty (1271---386). The greatest achievement in the printing tech-niques was Wang Zhen's innovation in the of the technology of wooden movable type. He hired people to carve movable wooden types and then designed a revolving typesetting plate to store the movable types according to the order of the rhymes. He made use of this technique to typeset and print books. Not too long before Wang Zhen's time, some people also used tin movable type. this was possibly the earliest use of metal movable type in history.

Bank note of the Zhi Yuan Period


Complete Version of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms(engraved by the Yu family of Jian ' an, with illustrations on the cover)	The Official Practical Reclassified Pharmacopoeia of the Cheng-Ho Reign. Re-edited version.(engraved book by Zhang Cun Hui in Pingyang)

History of the Song Dynasty (printed by the local government of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces)	Historical Investigation of public Affairs (engraved in 1324 at the westem Lake Academy)


Buddhivatamsaka-Mahavaipulya Sutra in the Yuan Dynasty(engraved at the Long xing College)	Buddhist Scriptures of Pu Ning(engraved in the Great Pu Ning Temle IN Hangzhou)	Works of Jia Xuan(engraved and printed by Guang Xin Academy imitating the calligraphic style of Zhao Meng Fu in the 3rd yer of Da De,Yuan Dynasty)