印刷术是中国古代劳动人民的四大发明之一，是劳动人民智慧的结晶。雕版印刷术发明于唐朝，并在唐朝中后期普遍使用。宋仁宗时毕昇发明了活字印刷术。宋朝虽然出现活字印刷术，但并未普遍使用，而仍然是普遍使用雕版印刷术。
Printing is one of the four great inventions of the working people in ancient China and the crystallization of the wisdom of the working people. Block printing was invented in the Tang Dynasty and was widely used in the middle and late Tang Dynasty. In the reign of emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty, Bi Sheng invented movable type printing. Although movable type printing appeared in Song Dynasty, it was not widely used, but block printing was still widely used.
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先秦时期，出现印章，秦朝蒙恬发明了书写工具，战国，有了印刷术，晋代，出现了雕版，唐朝（7世纪左右）发明了雕版印刷，北宋时期（11世纪左右）毕升发明活字印刷术，并由蒙古人传至了欧洲，一直延续至今。所以后人称毕升为印刷术的始祖。
Seal appeared in the pre Qin period, writing tools were invented by Mengtian in the Qin Dynasty, printing appeared in the Warring States period, engraving appeared in the Jin Dynasty, engraving printing was invented in the Tang Dynasty (around the 7th century), movable type printing was invented by Bisheng in the Northern Song Dynasty (around the 11th century), and it was spread from the Mongolian to Europe and has continued to this day. So later generations called Bi Sheng the ancestor of printing.