An Analysis of the Founding and Changes of Journal of Silk

The history of Journal of Silk, especially the early history, is full of ambiguity because of missing sample publications and passing away or forgetting of founders. By capturing the relevant information from the existing sample publications, this paper can make precise speculations of some phases of the development of Journal of Silk. It concludes that the Journal of Silk has renamed six times since the establishment in 1956, which are Zhejiang Silk Industry News (1956-1962), Zhejiang Silk (1963), Silk (1964-1966), Silk Intelligence (1971-1972), Silk News (1973), Silk (1974 ~). The characteristics of Journal of Silk with each name are closely related to that era, and the founding of Journal of Silk is closely related to Zhu Xinyu.