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纸的发明对人类的文化传播、思想进步起了极其重要的作用。纸发明于何时,又是由谁发明的?近60年来,我国学界一直存有争论。2007年末,有关纸的发明又有两则引起广泛关注和争议的报道:一是河南博物院近10年的展览,“四大发明”只展出了三项,而将造纸术排除在外;一是11月由美国《时代》周刊公布的人类“有史以来最佳发明家”排名,蔡伦被认为是发明造纸术的中国古代科学家而上榜,排在第四位。今天,我们本着不把学术问题上升到政治层面、不把学术争辩演变为意气之争,提倡客观、严谨之学风的原则,刊发两篇观点完全不同的文章,以期引领读者对纸的发明问题有一个清楚的认识。
The invention of paper plays an extremely important role in the propagation of human culture and in the progress of ideas. Who invented the paper, and who invented it? For nearly 60 years, our academic circles have been controversial. At the end of 2007, there were two other reports on the invention of paper that aroused widespread concern and controversy. The first was an exhibit by Henan Museum for nearly 10 years. Only three of the four inventions were exhibited, excluding papermaking. First, in November, the “best inventor of history” published by the U.S. “Time” magazine, Cai Lun was considered as the ancient Chinese scientist who invented papermaking, ranking fourth. Today, with the principle of not raising academic issues to the political level, not turning the academic debate into a mood contest and advocating an objective and rigorous style of study, we publish two completely different articles with the hope of leading readers to the invention of paper There is a clear understanding of the problem.