Cai Lun
Papermaking has traditionally been traced to China about CE 105, when Cai Lun, an official attached to the Imperial court during the Han Dynasty (202 BCE – 220 CE), created a sheet of paper using mulberry and other bast fibres along with fishing net, old rags, and hemp waste. However, a recent archaeological discovery has been reported from Gansu of paper with Chinese characters on it dating to 8 BCE.