毕昇 Bi Sheng (Bilingual)
 
Simplified Chinese Characters and Pinyin with English translation. Bilingual Mandarin Chinese Storybook (36 Pages). 
 
Bi Sheng (990–1051 AD) is possible the most important person in history that you have never heard until now. Johannes Gutenberg may have brought the printing press to Europe but it was originally invented long before that by Bi Sheng around 1040 AD. Bi Sheng was a Chinese artisan and inventor of the world's first “movable type” printing technology for printing paper books using porcelain materials. This is one of the Four Great Inventions of Ancient China (which are paper, printing, compass and gunpowder). 
 
This book tells the story of Bi Sheng in simple sentences in Mandarin Chinese with pinyin which will help children at the intermediate level to read by themselves and for reading aloud with beginners new to the language. 
 
On each page the Simplified Chinese Characters and Pinyin are shown with the English translation 
Lively story and lovely illustrations 
Paperback book with 36 pages 
Size: 22.5 x 17 x 0.2 cm
 
Other books in this series include: 
钱学森 Qian Xue Sen – Father  of Chinese rocketry; 
郑成功 Zheng Cheng Gong – Ancient China’s Captain Jack Sparrow; 
蔡伦  Cai Lun – Inventor  of “modern paper”; 
王羲之 Wang Xi Zhi – The greatest Chinese calligrapher in history; 
毕昇  Bi Sheng – Inventor of the world's first “movable type” printing technology; 
岳飞 Yue Fei – One of China’s most celebrated generals; 
屈原  Qū Yuán – Patriotic Chinese poet, famously remembered in connection to the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival; 
孔子 Kong Zi – aka Confucius ; 
华罗庚 Hua Luo Geng – Chinese mathematician and politician;  and 
张衡 Zhāng Héng – Engineer , meteorologist, geologist, philosopher, mathematician, astronomer and writer