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Records of Wenlan Pavilion, an example of a stitched bound book, Qing dynasty

Yin shan zheng yao, 1330, Ming dynasty

Traditional Chinese bookbinding, also called stitched binding (Chinese: 線裝 xian zhuang), is the method of bookbinding that the Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, and Vietnamese used before adopting the modern codex form.^[1]

^ Chinnery, Colin (July 2, 2007). "Bookbinding". International Dunhuang Project. Retrieved March 31, 2016.