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ZhaiJinshengintheQingDynastyinChinausedBiSheng'smethodtoprintaclaytypeprintofhisowncollectionofpoemsandessays.ZhaiZixiyuan,whosebirthanddeathyearisunknown,wasborninJingxianCounty,AnhuiProvince.AccordingtotheprefaceofthebookbagShichen(wordShenbo):ZhaiJinsheng"readShen'swrittentalk(ShenKuo)andseethemethodofmudprintingandletterpress,andforgeitbecauseoftheearth."With30yearsofeffort,heworkedwithhisson,nephew,andManypeople,includingSunTzu,made100,000movablemudtypecharactersbythemselves.Inthetwenty-fourthyearofDaoguang(1844),itwasprintedas"FirstCompilationofClayPlateTrialPrinting".Zhaicalledhimself"mudbucketboard","chengmudboard"and"mudjuzhenboard".Bao'sprefacealsosaid:"Thewoodencharactersareprintedwith200copies,andthecalligraphyandpaintingwillbeswollenandblurred.Intheend,theywillnotbeprintedlikeaclaytabletwithoutdistortion."Zhai'sclaymovabletypealsoprinted"XianpingShuwuFirstCollection""ShuidongZhaiGenealogy"andotherbooks.HispracticehasconfirmedBiSheng’sinventedclaymovabletypeprintingtechnique,andrefutedtheskepticismthatclaycharacterswouldbreakatthetouchofatouchandcouldnotbeprinted.
