See Wikipedia [1]. Movable type was first invented in China around A.D 1040, about four hundred years earlier than in the western world.<p>In Qing Dynasty, the government used it to print 64 sets of the encyclopedic Gujin Tushu Jicheng. Each set consisted of 5040 volumes, making a total of 322,560 volumes printed using movable type.<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Movable_type" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Movable_type</a>