The first printed book was the Diamond Sutra in China, 868 AD — 587 years before Gutenberg.

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While Gutenberg invented movable type in Europe, woodblock printing was common in Asia centuries earlier. The Diamond Sutra is the oldest dated printed book in existence.

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