The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1146 Imposition Printing
Sure enough, it was an engraving. Xuan Shijing vaguely remembered that the first book engraved and printed in the Tang Dynasty was the Buddhist "Diamond Sutra", followed by books that people are familiar with, and before that, some precious books are manuscripts. .

Most of the books in Xuan Shijing's mansion are hand-copied except those rare and unique books. After all, the pages of hand-copied books are much cleaner than those printed by engraving.

"Husband wants to print a book?" Jin Yang asked.

"Well, isn't Zhuangzi's school already opened? I looked at the bill just now and found that the biggest expense in the school is nothing but the books. The paper, pen and ink are not that valuable. The books are so expensive, but they are expensive. It's in the printing process." Xuan Shijing said.

Xuan Shijing thought about it in the study, and felt that the students in the academy should not be limited to the education of Confucianism. A person's thoughts are more important than a person's knowledge. From the downhill road to its demise, we can find such a phenomenon that the Tang Dynasty was rich in poets, warriors, capable ministers, masters of art, wise rulers, dignitaries, and eunuchs, but there was not a single philosopher. This is obviously not good for the development of the Tang Dynasty Healthy young people in the Tang Dynasty have broad horizons, but they are only limited to what they see and hear, but no one has ever actively thought about what they have never seen, what they have never heard of, and what they have never seen before. .

How long can a country that lacks philosophical thinking, no matter how strong it is, last?

And what is the basis for cultivating such so-called "philosophers"?Obviously, only liberal arts such as the Tao of Confucius and Mencius cannot cultivate such talents. What the Tang Dynasty needs is science.

Thunder in the sky is caused by the electricity carried in the clouds. Why does it sometimes thunder when it rains and sometimes not thunder when it rains?Because there must be certain conditions for the formation of thunder, one is that the air must be very humid, and the other is that the clouds must be large, and thunder and lightning are not easy to occur in places with dry weather.

Thunder is not because God is angry, it is not because God is going to punish someone, and it is not because someone has done something immoral and caused the sky to be angry and others to complain.

If there was science, Xuan Shijing wouldn't have to worry about being fooled by a group of fake monks who could only play tricks on Zhuangzi.

Xuan Shijing thought for a while, I'm afraid I have to use the skills of Wenchao again, and copy out the [-] whys first, and then copy something else. As for printing, let the craftsmen of the engineering college do the work alright.

"What is husband thinking?" Jin Yang saw Xuan Shijing holding the rice bowl and chopsticks, but he was in a daze, so he couldn't help asking.

"I'm thinking about printing, Sizi, how about improving the woodblock printing?" Xuan Shijing laughed.

"Improvement? Husband thought of some weird trick again?" Jin Yang asked.

Xuan Shijing took out his own seal, imprinted it with red clay, and poked it fiercely on the paper. The six seal scripts of Dongshan Hou Xuan Shijing were clearly visible.

"Si, where's your seal?" Xuan Shijing asked.

Jinyang's seal is a small seal, just a symbol, not as authoritative as Xuan Shijing's seal.

Jin Yang took out the small seal from his purse and handed it to Xuan Shijing, who printed Jin Yang's seal next to his name.

"If these two seals are written with other characters or two sentences, if they are separated, they will be separated, and if they are put together, they will be combined into one. How? If you need to print that sentence, just pick out the words and arrange them, how about that?" Xuan Shijing asked.

"Husband means to carve all the characters into the small seal of the concubine's body, or even smaller than this small seal, and arrange them directly when it needs to be printed?"

Xuan Shijing nodded: "That's right, look, this way."

With that said, Xuan Shijing picked up the pen and began to draw on the paper, small squares one by one, and finally drew a big square.

"This big square is the frame, and it is also the size of a page in a book." Then, he picked up a book and opened a page at random: "For example, on this page, these small squares are a For a carved character, you only need to arrange these small squares into the frame according to the order of the books, so that you can use these characters repeatedly, and you can use whichever you need, saving effort and money.”

Jin Yang listened to Xuan Shijing's words, the more he listened, the clearer he felt.

This method is much better than engraving. Why is engraving so expensive?Because a board, as long as it is a little bit damaged by carelessness, then this board is considered useless. When a craftsman is carving, there are too many waste boards. Except for this, a board can only be used as a page of this book , After using them up, they are useless, but these small cubes are different, they can be used forever as long as they are stored.

"What my husband thinks is indeed a good idea. If this is the case, it will not only save money, but also save a lot of effort." Jin Yang admired: "If this is the case, my husband will write a letter and send it to Chang'an, so that the craftsmen of the engineering college can go to Chang'an. Just research."

"That's right, my husband also has the same intention." Xuan Shijing said with a smile: "In this way, at the academy, we don't have to rely on books on the market at all, and we can produce and sell them ourselves. It’s a craft that makes money.”

Xuan Shijing improved three of the four great inventions, papermaking, printing, compass, and gunpowder one after another. Maybe thousands of years later, his name could be put together with Cai Lun.

They are all improved paper, Xuan Shijing's is better than Cai Lun's.

Hearing Xuan Shijing's words, Jin Yang covered his mouth and laughed lightly: "No wonder people outside say that your husband is greedy for money. If the concubine doesn't know the way of this, just looking at her husband's superficial temperament, she also thinks that your husband is greedy for money." Yes, this is a good thing that will last for thousands of years, once my husband says it, why do I feel that it is inferior, and it is contaminated with copper-smelling things."

"Money is a good thing, who doesn't want it, whether it's our Zhuangzi, Chang'an City outside, or the entire Guanzhong and Datang, don't think anyone is so elegant, no matter how elegant people are, they have to eat and drink. Dividing money is hard for a hero, isn't it, there are rumors among the people that when Lord Yi came out of Shandong, the poor even sold his horse and sword." Xuan Shijing laughed.

"Husband, you are really good at arranging. After the arranging, the father and the Duke of Yi, it is rumored among the people that if three sentences out of ten are correct, it is already excellent." Jin Yang laughed.

"In the future, if I have a chance to ask Duke Yi, if it's true, I'm also quite curious." Xuan Shijing laughed.

After discussing the business, Xuan Shijing and Jin Yang obviously relaxed a lot and started joking.

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