Luban (507 BC-444 BC), surnamed Ji, was a public loser and a famous class. He is called a public loser, a public loser and a class loser. He was honored as a loser, also known as Lu Ban or Lu Lei, and was once called "Lu Ban". The word Zhiyi, the names of Lu and Lu Ban in the Spring and Autumn Period, has actually become a symbol of the wisdom of the ancient working people.
Lu Ban, Ji surname, Gong Bo surname, same name. Also known as public loss, public loss, class loss, Lu style. Lu people in the Spring and Autumn Period. "Fan" and "Ban" are homonyms, which are very common in ancient times, so people often call him Lu Ban.
Born in the 13th year of Zhou Dynasty (507 BC), he died in the 25th year of Zhou Zhenping (444 BC). He lived from the end of the Spring and Autumn Period to the beginning of the Warring States Period and was born in a craftsman's family for generations. He participated in many civil engineering jobs with his family since childhood, gradually mastered the skills of productive labor and accumulated rich practical experience.
It is recorded in many ancient books, such as The Pearl, The Origin of Everything, and A Textual Research on Ancient History. He thinks that many tools and appliances used by carpenters were created by him, such as square (also called Lu Banchi), and the legends of tools such as Mo Dou, planer, drill and saw were also invented by Lu Ban.
The invention of these woodworking tools liberated the craftsmen at that time from the original heavy labor, and the labor efficiency was doubled, and the civil technology was completely new. Later, in memory of this famous master, people regarded him as the ancestor of China folk craftsmen.