中国造纸术西传是世界文明史上的大事。它的重要意义和深远影响无须赘述,有太多中外学者的论文和专著早已将其面面俱到、鞭辟入里地阐述过了。在这个问题上,无论宏观还是微观,留给人们探索推究的余地已然不多。但不多不等于没有,比如迄今为止,我们似乎尚未见到有关造纸术西传与 Western papermaking in China is a major event in the history of world civilization. Its important significance and far-reaching influence need not go into details, there are too many Chinese and foreign scholars’ essays and monographs have expounded it thoroughly. On this issue, there is not much room left for people to explore and study, both macroscopically and microscopically. But not much does not mean no, for example, so far, we do not seem to have seen the West and papermaking