Person
Bi Sheng
Chinese artisan who, according to Shen Kuo's Dream Pool Essays, made movable type of fired clay during the Qingli era (1041–1048). A commoner, he is known only from that account; a gravestone found in 1990 in Yingshan county, Hubei, has been identified as his and would date his death to 1051.
- Dates
- … – 1051 (?)
- Events
- 1 event
- Regions
- East Asia
- In the threads
- East Asia (11th–12th c.)
Events
- Bi Sheng invents movable typebetween 1041 and 1048 · East Asia