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Paper Chinese inventions

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Paper, zhi, was a Chinese invention.
2,000 years ago, Chinese invented paper-making.
This zhi was made of silk and was so expensive that only the emperor and aristocrats could afford to use it.
1,900 years ago, a eunuch called Cai Lun improved the paper-making process.
He made cheap jinzhi out of tree bark and rags.
The improvement in paper-making spread zhi far and wide, and many different types of
zhi were invented by Chinese people.
Xuan paper, a kind of high quality rice paper,best shows the charm of traditional
Chinese painting and calligraphy.
Jute paper is used to transcribe Chinese classics.
Later, Chinese zhi spread to the West via the Chinese Silk Road.
Thousands of years of culture and civilisation were recorded on zhi and passed to different parts of the world.
About Xichang Academy关于袭常书院：
The perception of what is small is the secret of clear-sightedness;
the guarding of what is soft and tender is the secret of strength.
Who uses well his light ,Reverting to its source so bright,
Will from his body ward all blight,
And hides the unchanging from men’s sight.
(TAO TE CHING　von　Lao Tse)
“见小曰明，守柔曰强。
用其光，复归其明，
无遗身殃。是为袭常。 ”
——（老子《道德经》）
The Mission of Xichang Academy袭常书院的使命：
Integrating Chinese and Western Culture and Inheriting Chinese wisdom
融会中西文化
传承中国智慧
The School Motto of Xichang Academy袭常书院的校训：
Fortitude, Stability and Salience.
Earnestly carry it into practice.
刚毅坚卓
勤而行之
MAXIM座右铭：
【Paper英语介绍中国文化100集-11-纸Paper】毅力无可替代
VALUES价值观：
Gratitude感恩， Altruism利他， Simple简约， Nature自然
VISION愿景：
Build up the most effective bilingual platform ，
Act as a ambassador in the exchange of Chinese and western cultures.
打造最实效的双语平台，做中西文化交流的使者
Persistence can produce a miracle.
Unfortunately,
very few people can persist long enough to see a miracle happen.
毅力无可替代！
坚持可以创造奇迹，
不幸的是，
很少有人能长时间地坚持直到奇迹的发生。