Speaking of the architects and inventors of ancient times, it is necessary to mention the famous Luban master. Lu Ban was revered as a grandmaster by carpenters and enjoyed a high reputation and a good reputation in the folk. Lu Ban invented many carpenter tools to facilitate the work and labor of carpenters. At that time, all the sons and hundreds of families would spread their ideas and ideas by writing books, and under such a social trend, it was also a very natural thing for Lu Ban to write books. But it is very puzzling why the "Book of Luban" written by Lu Ban was banned by the ruler. Is there any ulterior secret in the Book of Luban that threatens the authority of the ruler?
As we all know, under the influence of the ancient Chinese thought of family and heaven, from the true son of heaven to the people of Li Min, everyone pays the most attention to inheritance. The goal of the family is to pass on their own family, and the goal of the emperor is to pass on his rule. And Lu Ban wrote the "Book of Lu Ban" in order to make his technology and inventions passed on and carried forward.
In order to consolidate their rule, ancient feudal rulers often adopted various means, such as: burning books and pitting Confucianism, building the Great Wall, military service system, and so on. It is not uncommon to imprison and block ideas. But why was the Book of Luban banned, as a book that was purely used to pass on technology, record work experience, and be called a work manual?
Generally speaking, there are two types of banned books, one is that "Journey to the West" uses the mouth of a monkey to say: "The emperor takes turns to do it, and tomorrow comes to my house", which seemed very contrarian at the time. The other is an obscene book like "Golden Plum Bottle". The ban on these two kinds of books is generally to be able to guarantee their own rule and insist on their own oppression and unity at the ideological level. As a pure technical book, the reason for the ban of the "Book of Luban" is certainly not so simple and simple. And it's also about his thoughts.
Lu Ban, the author of the Book of Lu Ban, is the originator of civil architecture in ancient China. Once his idea was to use his dexterous hands to make many precision instruments, and the curved rulers, stone mills, umbrellas, and the earliest carvings that we can often use are all from Lu Ban's hands. The methods of digging wells, making keys, etc., were also carefully studied by Lu Ban.
It is impossible to talk about Lu Ban's transformation from a single-minded study of strange tricks to a full-hearted study of practical tools, and it is impossible not to mention the transformation of Lu Ban's friend Mozi, who is also an enemy and friend. Lu Ban once made a wooden pigeon that could fly in the air for three days without falling, but Mozi said to him: "This is not as good as an ordinary carpenter who can make an axle at will, the axle can be used as a part of the car, the car can bear very heavy things, play a huge role, and what is the actual role of your wooden pigeon?" Lu Ban listened and was deeply taught by Mozi. The two became very close friends ever since.
"Lu Ban Book" as a record of many exquisite techniques of the strange book, but was cursed by Lu Ban, in the title page of the book to write that the cultivation of this book will be missing a door, the so-called lack of a door, meaning to widow, widow, lonely, alone, disabled to choose the same, "Lu Ban Book" is therefore also called "missing a door".
Why is there a lack of one to study the Book of Luban? It turned out that in the first volume of the Book of Luban, it was no different from the rest of the books, just ordinary technical books. However, in the second volume of the Book of Luban, many incantations and spells of the time are recorded, and many things are also very mysterious and chilling. Ancient China believed heavily in the so-called spells and Taoism. Nowadays, we seem to be feudal superstitions, and many magical phenomena can be explained through scientific means. In ancient times, when the scientific level was not developed, people often associated many natural phenomena with ghosts and gods. So ancient clergy were often very respected, such as Taoists and monks.
Ancient people were very afraid of cattle, ghosts and snake gods, and as a country that pays attention to feng shui, civil craftsmen who master the design of home layout also need to be proficient in feng shui. In this way, the civil craftsmen are even more mysterious. It is believed that civil craftsmen are able to enslave the existence of ghosts and gods. The incantations recorded in the Book of Luban invisibly strengthen the fear and reverence of the people of Li for civil craftsmen.
On the other hand, the quality of civil craftsmen is also uneven. Most civil craftsmen are very honest and responsible. However, some selfish civil craftsmen will use spells to intimidate and threaten others, forcing others to pay tribute to themselves. As a ruler, of course, he will not sit idly by and ignore this kind of cruelty to his own people. In order to stop the civil craftsmen from using so-called incantations to threaten the people at the source, the rulers decided to list the Book of Luban as a banned book, so that no one could use the so-called incantation to seek their own personal interests.
Whether or not the rulers acted effectively, the spread and circulation of the Book of Luban was a huge blow.
In addition, the so-called missing door mentioned above is also because Lu Ban uses spells to travel between the construction site and his home, and his wife misses herself too much, so she travels alone in a wooden bird to find Lu Ban when she is pregnant. Unfortunately, an accident happened, and LuBan's wife and children were not spared. The grieving Lu Ban regretted it afterwards. In order to remind future generations of their own affairs, they should constantly wake up future generations. Lu Ban wrote in the "Book of Lu Ban" that the study book must lack a discipline. On the one hand, it is an indiscriminate street that does not want his books to be spread, and on the other hand, it is to commemorate his deceased wife. Any success cannot be casual, in order to be able to master Lu Ban's technology and learn the mysteries of the Book of Lu Ban, it is necessary to make sacrifices and pay.
As the ruler of feudal society, the emperor certainly could not let the people commit the crime through the so-called spells, let alone let people endanger the people because of the spells. Moreover, many of the spells recorded in the Book of Luban are also very dangerous and dark. It is easy to be used by bad people with bad intentions, and the greater the influence, the easier it is to endanger more ordinary innocent people. Therefore, whether the rulers of the feudal dynasty are to consolidate their own notices, to fight against rebels who oppose themselves and try to rebel against the rule, or to protect the people of Li people who are on the basis of their rule, to ensure the people's livelihood, and to stabilize the foundation of their rule. It is not unusual to ban the Book of Luban.