- Damjing
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Damjing Hangul 담징 Hanja 曇徴 Revised Romanization Damjing McCune–Reischauer Tamch'ing Damjing was a Korean Buddhist priest who imported the first paper to Japan from Goguryeo in Korea, around 610, where fibres (called bast) from the mulberry tree were used. Because of this, Japan could advance a little faster and was able to keep track of history. In 610 CE, he introduced papermaking skills to Japan along with ink sticks, a millstone, and coloring methods.[1]
References
- ^ "Traditional Korean Papermaking". Library.cornell.edu. http://www.library.cornell.edu/preservation/publications/koreanpapermaking.html. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
External links
- (Korean) Brief biography of Dam Jing at empas/EncyKorea
Categories:- Korean Buddhists
- Goguryeo
- Buddhist monasticism
- Buddhist media
- History of Buddhism
- 7th-century people
- Korean people stubs
- Buddhist biography stubs
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