Episode 2383
Kaiyuan Za Bao
Sun, 2023-Nov-12 00:01 UTC
Length - 1:22
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Welcome to random Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of a random Wikipedia page every day.
The random article for Sunday, 12 November 2023 is Kaiyuan Za Bao.
Kaiyuan Za Bao, or Kaiyuan Chao Bao, Bulletin of the Court, 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, and also as the world's first magazine. 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. It was hand printed on silk, and appeared between 713 and 734.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:01 UTC on Sunday, 12 November 2023.
For the full current version of the article, see Kaiyuan Za Bao on Wikipedia.
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