樹皮布印花與印刷術發明

DECORATIVE PRINTS ON BARK CLOTH AND THE INVENTION OF PRINTING

作者於民國五十年，在民族學研究所集刊第十一期，發表中國古代的樹皮布文化與造紙術發明一文，在文末的後語中曾說：”現在作者擬作進一步的假設：中國古代樹皮布文化不僅影響了造紙術，同時亦可說與中國四大發明中的另一發明印刷術有間接關係。

In the spring of 1961，I published in No.11, Bulletin of the Institute of Ethnology，Academia Sinica，an article entitled”Bark cloth Culture and the Invention of Paper－making in Ancient China”，in the postscript of which，I stated：”I now advance an additional theory，i.e.，the bark cloth culture of ancient China had not only influenced the paper－making skill，but it had also had some indirect effects on the art of printing，another of the four great inventions of China.