Tang and Song China deep-dive with Chinese own-voice sources
Exercise Difficulty 2 ~2 min hist.g3.s.ex_29

Open Response

Prompt

Who invented paper? In what year?

How it's presented
mode card prompt audio ID audio.g3s.ex 29.stem
Answer criteria
type open response
rubric
Identifies Cai Lun in 105 CE; rejects 'Gutenberg' (Gutenberg made movable type in Europe c. 1450, more than 1300 years AFTER Cai Lun's paper and 400 years AFTER Bi Sheng's movable type)
Hints
  1. Look at MG-12 lesson Tang/Song Innovations chart.
  2. Cai Lun was a Han court official.
Misconceptions to watch
  • Saying Gutenberg (refuted - Gutenberg is later and European)
  • Saying 'unknown' (Cai Lun is named in primary sources)
Used in lessons