造纸术是我国古代的四大发明之一,早经举世公认。东汉蔡伦发明造纸术的史实,在《东观汉记》和《后汉书》等正史中均有明确记载。中国造纸术向世界传播的路线为东,西、南三条:向东于公元384年传入朝鲜,公元610年经朝鲜传入日本;向西于公元751年传入阿拉伯,并经此辗转传遍欧、美、大洋洲;向南于公元七至十世纪(甚至更晚些——编注)传入印巴次大陆,这也为世界所公认。 近些年来,由于我国有人提出了以“灞桥纸”为代表的所谓“西汉已有植物纤维纸”说,因此,国外也有人 Papermaking is one of the four great inventions in ancient China, which has long been universally acknowledged. The Eastern Han Dynasty Cai Lun invented the history of papermaking, in the “East View Han Ji” and “Post-Han Dynasty” and other official history are clearly documented. Chinese papermaking route to the world for the East, West and South of the three: the east 384 AD introduced North Korea, the year 610 by North Korea into Japan; westward in 751 into Arabia, and afterwards It is also recognized in the world that it has spread to the Indian and Pakistani continents in the south from the seventh and tenth centuries of the seventh century (or even later). In recent years, some people in our country have put forward the so-called “plant fiber paper already existing in the West Han Dynasty” represented by “Baqiao” paper. Therefore, some people abroad