When it comes to banned books, I think many people will think of "Jin Ping Mei" or "Dream of the Red Chamber". "Jin Ping Mei" has been banned by the Ming and Qing dynasties due to the excessive scale of the content. "Dream of the Red Chamber", on the other hand, involves secrets within the Qing Dynasty royal family and is banned. It was not until after the fall of the Qing Dynasty that "Dream of the Red Chamber" re-entered the reader's field of vision and became one of the four famous works. But Lu Ban is a craftsman, why did the "Book of Lu Ban" he wrote become a forbidden book for thousands of years? Listen to shi jun to give everyone a slow talk.
Luban's rise to fame
Lu Ban had a vision from birth, he was born in 507 BC, on the day of his birth, there was a vision of white cranes gathering in his family, and the smell of the house was so fragrant that it did not dissipate for several months, and people rushed to praise this miracle. Of course, the ancients would make up a legendary experience for emperors and generals or people with prominent positions, and whether this strange story is true or not remains to be examined.
And Lu Ban's magic is not only this, he was 7 years old, after a heavy rain, he had the ability to teach himself. Instead of being happy, his parents were very worried about him. After all, such a child is really unusual. After the age of 15, Lu Ban began to march around on his own. In the process, Lu Ban had studied under ZiYoumen, but after only a few months, he learned all the skills of the master, and the blue was better than the blue.
The young Lu Ban was arrogant and looked down on the other counterparts of the princely states. At the same time, he lobbied the nations, hoping that the kings of various countries would continue to honor Zhou Tianzi. However, his claims were not accepted by the kings of the nations, and he was not reused by anyone, so Lu Ban had no choice but to return to the Ogwa Mountains south of Mount Taishan to live in seclusion. Although Lu Ban did not have any achievements in politics, he was fruitful in the carpenter's industry, inventing many ingenious things, such as saws, ink buckets, curved rulers, ladders, etc., so he was also revered as the originator of Chinese carpentry and the originator of civil architecture.
The contents of the Book of Luban
So why did his Book of Luban become banned? This has a lot to do with what's in the book. The Book of Luban is divided into three volumes, the upper, middle and lower volumes, the upper volume is decent, and the records are all carpenters and architectural contents, equivalent to the early civil engineering ruby book. But in the middle volume and the next volume, the content becomes weird. Not only are there many paths, but there are also mantras. Some spells do help people in their daily lives, but some spells can be harmful, such as the "Beauty Striptease Method."
In ancient times, craftsmen were of low status, and sometimes rich bullies would default on their wages and bully craftsmen. Some of the whole-person methods in the Book of Luban are actually designed to protect the self-interest of the craftsmen. Moreover, in the process of working, craftsmen in the civil engineering industry sometimes have safety accidents or encounter some strange things, and some spells in the Book of Luban are used to deal with such unexpected situations.
However, there are also certain requirements for studying the "Book of Lu ban", that is, to choose any one of the "widows, widows, orphans, soles, and disabled", and to choose from the beginning of cultivation. It will be mentioned at the beginning of the Book of Luban. And those who have learned the "Book of Luban" will also have some shortcomings in life or body, so the "Book of Luban" also has a name, called "Missing a Door".
Why did the Book of Lu ban become a banned book?
So why did Lu Ban let the people who studied this book have some regrets? It has a lot to do with his life experience. It is said that Lu Ban was summoned to work in the capital soon after his new marriage, and Lu Ban missed his new wife, so he made a wooden kite, rode it, and recited a few incantations, and the wooden kite carried him back home to see his wife. The wife was very curious about Lu Ban's wooden kite, and once took advantage of Lu Ban's return home, secretly rode on the wooden kite, and recited a few incantations according to the gourd painting scoop, and the wooden kite actually flew up.
My wife had never been to the sky, touching the clouds in the sky and looking at the beautiful scenery underground, and her heart was very beautiful. But the good times did not last long, because she was pregnant, and she exercised vigorously, and suddenly gave birth. Dirty blood flowed onto the wooden kite, Lu Ban's spell failed, and his wife and children both fell from the sky. Lu Ban lost his family because of the spell, so he cursed, and everyone who studied the Book of Lu Ban must end up like him.
Of course, he also gave a choice, "widow, widow, lone, lonely, disabled" can choose any one. Because the middle and lower volumes of this book are too cruel, it is listed as a banned book by the feudal dynasty. There is also another saying in the anecdotes, that is, the carpenter's profession is originally done by low-status people. Or some people with physical disabilities, in order to make a living, learned a skill from the "Book of Luban". Because these people's life experiences are not very good, over time there is a saying that those who study the "Book of Luban" will end up disabled or miserable. Which statement do you agree with? Feel free to leave a message in the comments section.