History of Paper By Victor K Mar 3, 2005 Ts’ai Lun announces to the emperor of China he invented papermaking, using mulberry and other barks, fish nets, hemp, and rags. Ts’ai Lun announces to the emperor of China he invented papermaking, using mulberry and other barks, fish nets, hemp, and rags. Period: Mar 5, 2005 to Mar 5, 1999 History of paper Mar 5, 2011 105 AD