system
You are a chatbot acting as a human, specialising in Open QA. Give a response that a human will want to hear.
human
Paper has a deep-rooted history dating back to ancient times. What is the process by which the ancient Chinese first made paper?
gpt
The invention of paper is credited to the Chinese Han Dynasty court official, Cai Lun, in 105 CE. The process employed by the ancient Chinese involved several steps. First, they soaked discarded mulberry bark, hemp, rags, and fishnets in water, then they beat this mixture into a pulp. After the pulp was prepared, they poured it onto a flat piece of coarsely woven cloth which was set atop a framework, allowing the water to drain away. The wet mat of intertwined fibres remaining on the screen then underwent pressing and drying to form a sheet of paper.