徐忆农

　　摘 要 在联合国的非物质文化遗产名录和西方学者撰写的世界史相关著作中，对以中国为核心的东亚活字印刷技艺的历史价值认识尚不够充分。论文认为诞生于中国的活字印刷术在古代东亚文明中占有重要地位，东亚造纸和印刷术对欧洲印刷事业具有决定性影响，同时认为中国活字印刷术未盛行世界的深层原因应该与社会需求有关。结论为以中国为核心的东亚活字印刷术对世界文明进程做出过积极贡献。

　　关键词 活字印刷 　世界史 中外文化交流

　　分类号 G251.6

　　DOI  10.16810/j.cnki.1672-514X.2016.11.009

The Significance of East Asia Typography in World History

Xu Yinong

　　Abstract The historical value of East Asia typography has not been fully noticed by the catalogue of intangible cultural heritage and some world history books written by western scholars. This paper pointed out that typography which was born in China played a very important role in ancient East Asia civilization, and the East Asia papermaking technology typography had a decisive influence upon European printing. This paper also thought that the unpopularity of Chinese typography may be relevant to social requirements. The conclusion is typography in East Asia, especially in China, made a positive contribution to the world civilization.

　　Keywords Typography. World history. Communications of Chinese and foreign culture.