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Fu Xian (234-294) is thought to have written the first poem on (or about) paper

 Books, Poems  Tagged with: history, paper
Nov 202010
 

The material is beautiful and precious
Though the cost is cheap, the quality is high…
Stretching out when it opens and rolling up
when put away…
To convey your affection to a distance of ten thousand miles away,
With your refined thought written at one corner.

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