: Outside a local temple, he saw a monk using a woodblock printing press to create dozens of prayer scrolls in minutes—a task that once took months by hand.

Li Wei knew that everyone in the Middle Kingdom had a specific place, a concept taught by the great philosopher .

Li Wei woke up just as the sun began to peek over the tiled roofs of the city of Chang'an, the grand capital during the Tang Dynasty. Today was a special day; he was accompanying his father, a master potter, to the bustling Western Market.