The use of paper as toilet paper was common in China at least by the late 500s CE. In 589 CE the scholar-official Yan Zhitui (531–591 CE) wrote about the use of toilet paper: “Paper on which there are quotations or commentaries from the Five Classics or the names of sages, I dare not use for toilet purposes.” Since Yan does not feel the need to explain “toilet purposes” he assumes the reader knows and uses toilet paper, too.
10 julho 2020
The use of paper as toilet paper was common in China at least by the late 500s CE. In 589 CE the...
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