《中国造纸术盛衰史》

A．Historical Study of Chinese Hand-craft Paperby Chen,Ta-chuanA．The invention of paper13

a．Inventor-Ts'ai Lun13

b．The paper before Ts'ai Lun14

c．Plant-fibre instead of law silk17

d．Ts'ai Lun's rag paper19

e．Hsih-tie-possible tree bark22

f．Relative chart of the materials of paper and cloth in Han Dynasty24

B．The writing substances before paper27

a．Signal post,knotted cords,cutting-stem29

b．Stone,cliff,scrapper30

c．Brick,pottery32

d．Oracle bones and shells34

e．Bronze vessels36

f．Bamboo,wood38

g．Fabrics of silk,hemp,ramie,creeper and banana fibre40

h．Tree-bark cloth and"paper"43

i．Papyrus,parchment,leaves of trees46

C．Paper instead of bamboo period(A.D.105-264)53

a．The most ancient paper in the world now in Taiwan55

b．Paper made by Tso-po59

c．Ancient documents in ruins of Loulan60

D．Expanding period(A.D.265-419)66

a．Tseh-Li paper(1st.paper with floating agents)67

b．Paper made from mulberry-bark68

c．Mih-hsiang paper(possible imported papyrus)68

d．Paper for collecting silk-worms eggs69

e．Color papers72

f．Old paper discoveried in north-west China75

g．Copy-slips by Wang Hsi-chih78

h．The time of modifying hand mould81

E．Continuous development period(A.D.420-617)89

a．Paper made by Chang-yung91

b．Paper-making office91

c．"Leaves paper"in Lin-yih region92

d．Oiled Paper93

e．First paper kits93

f．The early spirit-paper94

g．Mulberry-bark paper in Kuang-tu96

h．Art of paper-making introduced into Japan through Korea96

F．A prosperous period(A.D.618-1276)99

a．Sizing paper,yellew paper,hard yellow paper102

b．Wax paper105

c．Fancy note-paper made by miss Hsieh-tao107

d．Mr.Sieh's ten kinds of color paper111

e．Pine-flower color paper112

f．Cloud-white in a blue paper113

g．Paper made in Cheng-hsin-Tang113

h．Beated white paper117

i．Duke of"paper-region"119

j．Golden-spots paper,fish-eggs paper122

k．Micaceous paper123

l．"Barbarian"paper125

m．Earlier letters131

n．Manuscript books and documents132

o．The earliest prints138

P．Wax paper quicken printing art140

q．Wood-block printing books152

r．Bank-notes157

s．Papers for famous calligraphys and paintings in Tang and Sung Dynasty163

t．The spread of papermaking from China to West187

G．Maintenance period(A.D.1277-1886)199

a．Papers for famous calligraphys and paintings in Yun and Min dynasty201

b．Quality and evaluation207

c．Mould width and standard size213

d．"Tien-Kung-Kai-Wu"and hand-made paper227

e．"Hsuan chih"-a fine brush-writing paper245

f．Paper products249

g．Wood-block printing paintings257

h．Papers for special use-clothes,coverlet,to appease hunger,to heal diseases266

H．Drowning down period(A.D.1887-)275

a．Earlier machine-made paperin China277

b．Modified hand-made paper280

c．Paper schools and engineers282

d．The paper mills after World War Ⅱ in China282

e．Modernized pulp and paper processes293

f．Paper industry in Free China297

I．The Future of Chinese hand-made paper315

a．New method in a spirit-paper mill319

b．Artisticalized papers319

c．Recreatable ways321

Bibliography329

Appendix332

Chronology of Chinese paper and historical back ground336