4 Diversification, from the Three Kingdoms to the Six Dynasties (220–589)

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1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. 1 Introduction 1
4. 2 A Great Controversy 6
5. 3 The Rapid Rise of Paper under the Later Han (25–220) 21
6. 4 Diversification, from the Three Kingdoms to the Six Dynasties (220–589) 30
7. 5 Expansion, the Sui and the Tang (589–906) 41
8. 6 Transformations, from the Five Dynasties to the Yuan (907–1279) 56
9. 7 Proliferation under the Ming and the Qing (1368–1911) 71
10. 8 Chinese Paper Seen from Europe 95
11. 9 The Decline and Survival of Traditional Paper in the Face of Industrialisation 110
12. Appendix I: Traditional Chinese Works on the History of Paper 119
13. Appendix II: The Leipzig Album 143
14. References 167
15. General Index 185
16. Index of Personal Names 195