Preface;Three-thousand-yearHistoryofBooksinChina--ALong-standingandWell-establishedHistory--TheOriginofChineseCharacters--TheAppearanceofBooksandCompilations--FromOracleBonetoPaper;MediaofAncientBooks--TheEvolutionofPublishing--ClassicalAncientBooks--SelectedContentandEditingFormatofAncientBooks--PrintingandTranscription;ReproductionofAncientPublications--CommonDevelopmentandProsperity--FiveMajorPublishingSystems--FromBamb