China's papermaking technology also spread to some countries in Central Asia, and then spread to India through trade.
Papermaking was introduced to Arabia in 75 1 year. At that time, Tang Anxi led Gao Xianzhi and General Dashi (Arab Empire) to fight in the central Asian town of Rollo (now Zabul, Kazakhstan). In the fierce battle, Tang Jun was defeated because of the rebellion of the troops in the central and western regions of Tang Jun. Among the captured Tang Jun soldiers, there were paper workers who joined the army. At that time, Arabs did not have the habit of slaughtering prisoners, so the captured Tang Jun papermakers could make paper for Arabs. Sally took these craftsmen to Samarkand, a small town in Central Asia, to teach them papermaking technology and set up the first paper mill in the Arab Empire to produce hemp paper. Since then, Samarkand has become the paper-making center of Arabs. The earliest Arab papermaking workshop was built with the help of China people, and the papermaking technology was taught by China workers themselves. Paper-making technology spread to Damascus in Syria, Cairo in Egypt and Morocco in the 10 century. In the spread of papermaking, the spread of Arabs can not be ignored.
Europeans learned about papermaking technology through Arabs. The first European country that came into contact with paper and papermaking technology was Spain, which was once ruled by Arabs and Moors. In AD 1 150, Arabs established the first paper mill in Europe in Sadiwa, Spain. 1276, the first Italian paper mill was built in Montefalo to produce hemp paper. 1348, the French established a paper mill near Trouvat in the southeast of Paris. Since then, several paper mills have been established, so that France not only has sufficient domestic paper supply, but also exports it to Germany. Germany didn't have its own paper mill until14th century. Because Britain is separated from the European continent by a sea, papermaking technology was introduced late, and its own paper mill was established in15th century. Sweden established the earliest paper mill in 1573, Denmark started to make paper in 1635, and the paper mill built in Oslo in 1690 was the earliest paper mill in Norway. By the17th century, every major European country had its own paper industry.
After the Spanish moved to Mexico, they first established a paper mill in the American continent, and Mexican paper making began in 1575. Before independence, the United States established the first paper mill 1690 near Philadelphia. By the19th century, papermaking in China had spread all over five continents.
In order to solve the problem of poor paper quality in Europe, French Finance Minister Durge had hoped to use Jesuit priests stationed in Beijing to spy on China's paper-making technology. During the Qianlong period, Michel Benoist, a French painter and Jesuit priest who worked for the Qing court, sent China's papermaking technology back to Paris, and China's advanced papermaking technology was widely spread in Europe. 1797, French Nicolas Louis Robert successfully invented the method of machine papermaking. Since Cai Lun's time, China people have been ahead for nearly 2000 years, and papermaking has finally been surpassed by Europeans.
The invention and popularization of papermaking had a far-reaching impact on the spread of world science and culture, and played an important role in social progress and development.