At present,there are many different views about the origin of publication .From analyzing the concept of the “publication”, this article summarizes five basic conditions for the composition of the publication :a, the materialization of the ideology content——character; b, the various forms of publications, writings or works to express the ideologies; c, definite material carriers; d, the necessary duplicate techniques for publishing; e, wide dissemination. From analyzing five basic conditions, the writer considered that Chinese publication originated in China Chunqiu and Warring States Period. |