摘要
From 1987 to 1993,China’s press and printing industry underwent great technical reform,bidding farewell to traditional letterpress printing while greeting the era of photo typesetting by computer. This huge development can be credited to Professor Wang Xuan (1937-2006),of Peking University’s Computer Research Institute. Being recognized as having made the most significant contributions to the modernization of China’s press and printing industry,he has been hailed as the "Bi Sheng of the Modern Times" and the "Father of the Chinese character laser-photo-typesetting system." Wang Xuan was born in East China’s Shanghai Municipality. At the age of 17,he was admitted to Peking University and began his study as a major in Mathematics and Mechanics in 1954. Upon graduation in 1958,he stayed at his alma mater and became a teacher there. During his first ten years of work,Wang accumulated practical experiences in the fields of computer software and hardware. So in 1961,he started his research on the combination of software and hardware,undertaking the exploration of a high-level language programming system. The 1970s saw humankind step into an age of
From 1987 to 1993, China＇s press and printing industry underwent great technical reform, bidding farewell to traditional letterpress printing while greeting the era of photo typesetting by computer. This huge development can be credited to Professor Wang Xuan （1937--2006）, of Peking University＇ s Computer Research Institute. Being recognized as having made the most significant contributions to the modernization of China＇ s press and printing industry, he has been hailed as the ＂Bi Sheng of the Modern Times＂ and the ＂Father of the Chinese character laser-photo-tvpesetting system. ＂
