《造紙術的故事》講述了中國古人探索書寫材料的歷程，從陶文、甲骨文、鐘鼎文到木牘、竹簡、縑帛，從“蔡候紙”到“千年壽紙”，彰顯了中華民族不斷求索、勇於創新的精神。本書以史實為依據，採用精美的手繪方式，清晰地再現了東漢時期蔡倫的造紙工藝，對每一種原料、每一道工序都進行了詳細的介紹，無不凝結著中華民族勤勞智慧的汗水。造紙技藝的流傳促進了文化的迅速傳播，讓大量的人類文明成果得以存留。造紙術傳播到世界各地後，更是對全世界的社會歷史和科學文化的發展起到了極大的推動作用。

  The Story of Papermaking traces the journey of ancient Chinese exploring the media for writing. From pottery script to oracle bone script and bell and cauldron script, the book moves on to the wooden and bamboo slips and silk once used for writing before paper in its real sense was invented by Cai Lun in the Eastern Han Dynasty some nineteen hundred years ago and later perfected as xuan paper, with its one-thousand-year lifespan. The process demonstrates China’s spirit of ceaseless exploration and courageous innovation. Drawing on historical research and using exquisite hand-drawn illustrations, this book depicts the papermaking techniques invented by Cai Lun, detailing each raw material and procedure, which were condensed with the sweat of Chinese diligence and wisdom. The spread of papermaking techniques sped up the propagation of culture while preserving a great deal of the fruits of human civilization. Once papermaking spread all over the world it became an important driving force behind the development of society, history, science and culture.