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Paper and ink, obviously. Inks have been about since prehistory, but paper, as opposed to papyrus, or sheepskin, or bark, is a genuine Chinese contribution to world culture. It was invented in about the First Century AD, and may have been mothered by necessity, because in the previous century, the Chinese had invented the Civil Service Exam.

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