Why did cai lun invented paper?

Answer 1

CAREER AND CONTRIBUTIONS. In 105 A.D., Cai Lun presented the emperor his ways of making the paper. ... Cai Lun started to initiate the idea of creating a writing medium which is lighter and more practical. He made sheets of paper from inner bark of bamboo, mulberry trees, rags of cloth, and fishing nets.

Answer 2

the first paper that cai lun invented was too rough too write on. so people wore them as clothes. only then did cai lun realize that you might be able to write on paper. this is where he came up with the idea of writable paper.

Answer 3

When Cai was an official, he often went into towns and villages to see how things were going. One day in 92 AD, he visited a silk-making shop and saw that there was a thin white layer of slightly fluffy stuff left on the bamboo mat, which could be used for writing.

He was inspired and began to experiment with various materials such as barks, hemp, cloth, nets, etc., and using various ways, such as boil, soak, pound, etc. to make fiber paper. No doubt, he succeeded.

He documented the process and showed it to the emperor He Di along with a finished product in 105 AD. The emperor was greatly pleased, and the paper was called "Cai Hou Paper" in honor of Cai's contribution. Fine paper officially entered into history.

Answer 4

In ancient times writings and inscriptions were generally made on tablets of bamboo or on pieces of silk called chih. But silk being costly and bamboo heavy, they were not convenient to use. Tshai Lun [Cai Lun, Tsai Lun] then initiated the idea of making paper from the bark of trees, remnants of hemp, rags of cloth, and fishing nets. He submitted the process to the emperor in the first year of Yuan-Hsing [+105] and received praise for his ability. From this time on, paper has been in use everywhere and is sometimes referred to as 'the paper of Marquis Tshai'.

Answer 5

Chinese ancient culture is broad and profound. In the history class of middle school, everyone has learned the four great inventions of ancient China. One of them is Cai Lun's papermaking. It is precisely because he improved the paper that the cost of paper is not only cheap, but also of good quality. This invention is the source of modern paper.

Answer 6

Imagine you had no paper ever.. that is why also because he wanted to

Answer 7

So we can write on something better