Paper journey
Posted by Mei on April 25, 2003
In Reply to: Paper journey posted by Bob on April 25, 2003
: : Hi,
: : I got some trouble in undersanding the following sentence. Could anyone do me a favor?
: : Significantly, paper would not begin its slow journey to the world beyond China for another 500 years, when Buddhist priests initially took it to Korea and Japan.
: : Thanks a lot
: : Mei
: "paper" in this case means "the knowledge and use of paper." Paper, invented and used first in China, was unknown to the rest of the world - for 500 years - until the technology began its "journey" from one continent to another.
Hi, Bob, thank you very much.