中国古代造纸的纺织源考

A Study on Papermaking in Ancient China Originated from Textile Industry

造纸术的起源问题一直是学界的研究重点之一,《东观汉记》《后汉书》等史籍将造纸术视为蔡伦的独立发明,但其最初是否受到其他行业或元素的启发,典籍中则没有记载。对于此问题,当代学者们提出了三种不同的观点:造纸源于蚕丝纺织品、造纸源于植物纺织品以及造纸源于无纺织的树皮布。从原料、技术、功用三个角度进行切入,文章考察造纸术之于纺织业的继承性,认为造纸术的发明是受启发于纺织业,而树皮布则不能作为造纸渊源的解释。

The origin of papermaking has always been one of the focuses of academic research.Historical books such as Dong Guan HanJi and The Book ofthe Later Han regard papermaking as Cai Lun's independent invention.But whether it was originally inspired by otheindustries or elements is not recorded in the classical books.For this problem,contenporary scholars have put forward three differenviews:papermaking originated from silk textiles,paperaking originated from plant textiles,and papermaking originated fromnon-textile bark cloth.In this paper,ffom the three angles of raw materials.tecmology and function.we investigate the inheritance ofpapermaking in the textile industry.At last,we think that the invention of papermaking is inspired by the textile industry.and the barkcloth can not be used as the explanation of the origin of papermaking.