近日翻书，读到一则清朝时期的轶闻，说的是朝廷把一副印书用的铜活字放在武英殿中收藏结果被毁的事。这铜活字在当时乃是宝物。当时一般印书或用木板刻字，或用木活字，比如最早的《红楼梦》就是用木活字排印的。民间书坊一般置不起铜活字，只有朝廷才有此财力。清朝著名的类 Recently read a book, read a anecdote of the Qing Dynasty, said the court put a printed bronze movable type on the Wu Yingdian collection results were destroyed. This bronze typewriter was a treasure at that time. At that time, the general print or woodcut lettering, or wood movable type, such as the earliest “Dream of Red Mansions” is to use wood movable type printing. Folk bookstores generally can not afford to calligraphy, only the court have the financial resources. Famous class of the Qing Dynasty