 There has been an ongoing debate regarding the success of ceramic printing technology as there have been no printed materials found with ceramic movable types.However, it is historically recorded to have been used as late as 1844 in China from the Song dynasty through the Qing dynasty.Bi Sheng (990–1051) of Song dynasty also pioneered the use of wooden movable type around 1040 AD, as described by the Chinese scholar Shen Kuo (1031–1095).