蔡伦

蔡倫

Cài Lún

proper noun

Meanings

1 Cai Lun (d. 121), Eastern Han court eunuch credited with improving papermaking

Characters

order; human relations

Examples

HSK 7-9

蔡伦改进了造纸术。

Cài Lún gǎijìn le zàozhǐshù.

Cai Lun improved the art of making paper.

HSK 7-9

蔡伦用树皮、破布和旧渔网造出了便宜好用的纸。

Cài Lún yòng shùpí, pò bù hé jiù yúwǎng zàochū le piányi hǎoyòng de zhǐ.

Cai Lun made cheap, practical paper out of tree bark, rags and old fishing nets.

Tips

history

Paper existed before him, as finds from the Western Han show; he improved the method and made it practical. He presented it to the court in 105, and after he was made a marquis people called it 蔡侯纸 'Marquis Cai's paper'. Papermaking counts as one of China's 四大发明 (Four Great Inventions).

Stroke Order

蔡 Cài

伦 lún