Question

how was use of print diversified in 17th century china?

Answer 1

Answer:

By seventeenth century the use of print was diversified in China. Besides being widely used by scholars, merchants collected printed books gave trade information. Books were widely read even by common people as a leisure activity. The new readers preferred fiction, poetry autobiography, anthologies and romantic plays.

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Answer 2

Answer:

By the seventeenth century, as urban culture bloomed in China, the uses of print diversified.

(i)Print was no longer used just by scholarofficials. Merchants used print in their everyday life, as they collected trade information.

(ii)Reading increasingly became a leisure activity.

(iii)The new readership preferred fictional narratives, poetry, autobiographies, anthologies of literary masterpieces, and romantic plays.

(iv)Rich women began to read, and many women began publishing their poetry and plays.

(v)Wives of scholar-officials published their works and courtesans wrote about their lives.