Kaiyuan Za Bao

713–734 official Chinese publication

Kaiyuan Za Bao

Traditional Chinese

開元雜報

Simplified Chinese

开元杂报

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Kāiyuán Zá Bào

Kaiyuan Za Bao, or Kaiyuan Chao Bao, Bulletin of the Court,^[1] was an official publication which first appeared in the 8th century, during the Kaiyuan era. It has been described as the first Chinese newspaper or official gazette,^[2] and also as the world's first magazine.^[3] Its main subscribers were imperial officials. Every day the political news and domestic news were collected by the editors, and the writers transcribed it to send to the provinces.^[4] It was hand printed on silk, and appeared between 713 and 734.^[5]

References

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^ Canadian Library Journal, Canadian Library Association, v. 27, 1992. Digitized Dec 27, 2007 from the University of California.
^ Murphy, Lawrence William. "An Introduction to Journalism: Authoritative Views on the Profession", 1930. T. Nelson and sons Journalism. Original from the University of California. Digitized Oct 23, 2007.
^ Chunming Li, Wei zhang, "Microfilming and digitization of newspapers in China", given at the 2006 World Library and Information Congress pre-conference Archived 2007-08-20 at the Wayback Machine
^ "中华印刷通史". www.new-365.com (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2007-09-29.