Bi Sheng (972–1051) was a Chinese artisan and engineer during the Song dynasty (960–1279), who invented the world's first movable type. Bi's system used...
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BiSheng Compiler is an open-source compiler toolchain developed by Huawei for general-purpose processor architectures, such as Kunpeng within HiSilicon...
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developments in printing technology include the movable type invented by Bi Sheng around 1040 and the printing press invented by Johannes Gutenberg in the...
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artisan Bi Sheng (990–1051), first described by the scientist and statesman Shen Kuo in his Dream Pool Essays of 1088. The collection of Bi Sheng's original...
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around 1040 AD in China during the Northern Song dynasty by the inventor Bi Sheng (990–1051). The earliest printed paper money with movable metal type to...
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television after a 5-year absence. Qian Qian is the school-aged daughter of Bi Sheng Nan (Zhao Wei) and Luo Su (Tong Dawei). After learning from others that...
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precise publishing date. Movable type was invented by Chinese artisan Bi Sheng in the 11th century during the Song dynasty, but it received limited use...
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about movable type printing invented by Bi Sheng (990–1051), and because of his written works the legacy of Bi Sheng and the modern understanding of the earliest...
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experiments with the magnetic compass. However, commoner craftsmen such as Bi Sheng (972–1051), the inventor of movable type printing (in a form predating...
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recorded in 1088 by Shen Kuo in his Dream Pool Essays, the Chinese artisan Bi Sheng invented an early form of movable type using clay and wood pieces arranged...
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type was invented during the eleventh-century Song dynasty in China by Bi Sheng (990–1051). His movable type system was manufactured from ceramic materials...
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mass produced. The first movable type system was invented in China by Bi Sheng, during the reign of the Song dynasty, where it was used to, among other...
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printing during the Tang and the invention of movable type printing by Bi Sheng (990–1051) during the Song rapidly spread written knowledge throughout...
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describe the invention of movable type printing by contemporary artisan Bi Sheng, and the first in China to describe a drydock for repairing boats out of...
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Phaistos disc). The first movable type was invented by Chinese engineer Bi Sheng in the 11th century during the Song dynasty, and a book dating to 1193...
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wooden blocks could crack if stored for too long. The Chinese inventor Bi Sheng made movable type of earthenware c. 1045, but there are no known surviving...
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progressed hand-in-hand with the development of books. The Chinese inventor Bi Sheng made a movable type of earthenware c. 1045, but there are no known surviving...
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distributed works were copied manually, by scribes. The Chinese inventor Bi Sheng made movable type of earthenware c. 1045 and was spread to Korea later...
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printing was, Bi Sheng, a key contributor to the history of printing, invented the process of Movable type printing (1041–1048 CE). Bi Sheng developed a...
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Radcliffe Birt (1804–1881) WGPSN Bi Sheng 78°21′N 148°28′E / 78.35°N 148.46°E / 78.35; 148.46 (Bi Sheng) 55.27 2010 Bi Sheng (990–1051) WGPSN Bjerknes 38°30′S...
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establish Melfi as the capital of southern Italy. 1041–1048: Chinese artisan Bi Sheng invents ceramic movable type printing 1043: the Byzantine Empire and Kievan...
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article). For the 11th century invention of ceramic movable type printing by Bi Sheng (990–1051), it was enhanced by the wooden movable type of Wang Zhen in...
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individual characters to be arranged to form words, was invented in China by Bi Sheng between 1041 and 1048.) Although pioneered earlier in Korea and by the...
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the 6th and 9th centuries, followed by the invention of moveable type by Bi Sheng (972–1051) during the 11th century. The increasing use of print during...
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to paper sheet. Pencil brush from the Warring States period. Rebuild of Bi Sheng (simplified Chinese: 毕升; traditional Chinese: 畢昇, 11th century) creation...
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indicated that a shipborne variant of the missile may have been tested on Bi Sheng, a Chinese weapons trial ship. The United States in 2008 estimated that...
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Butterfly spirit (in Origami Fighters G) Bi Sheng (畢勝) Son of Bi Zhi and Yi-Shan. His nickname is his surname Bi (小畢 Xiao-Bi). He has a similar build to his parents...
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dynasty scientist and statesman Shen Kuo (1031–1095) that the common artisan Bi Sheng (990–1051) invented ceramic movable type printing. Then there were those...
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witnessed a revolution in printing with the invention of movable type by Bi Sheng around 1040. The Song Dynasty is also credited with the first recorded...
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invented in the Northern Song dynasty around the year 1041 by the commoner Bi Sheng. Metal movable type also appeared in the Southern Song dynasty. The earliest...
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