Lu Ban’s wife and children died in an accident while riding his homemade wooden kite. Lu Ban was so sad that he regretted it so much that he cursed all the people in the world who studied "The Book of Lu Ban", including widowers, widows, lonely, lonely, The remaining selections are the same, so "Lu Ban Shu" is also called "Missing One Door".
It is said that the founder of Lu Ban was drafted to work in the capital not long after his wedding. Because he missed his newlywed wife so much, he made a wooden kite. People only need to ride on it and recite a few incantations, and the kite will fly. The kite can carry him back to his home thousands of miles away to be with his wife.
His wife was particularly curious about this. Once, after the ancestor came home, she secretly rode on the wooden kite and chanted the same few incantations, and the wooden kite flew up. Flying freely in the sky, the Patriarch's wife, who had always lived deep in the boudoir, felt very uncomfortable.
However, the good times did not last long. As the saying goes, everything is unpredictable, and people have misfortune and fortune. At that time, the founder's wife was already pregnant. While flying in the air, she suddenly gave birth and blood flowed out.
However, the wooden kite was originally made by the ancestor using a secret method. Once it was defiled, the magic power disappeared immediately, and the ancestor's wife suddenly fell out of the air, along with the child in her belly. dead. Master Lu Ban, who knew this, regretted it so much that he cursed everyone in the world who studied "The Book of Lu Ban".
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"Lu Ban Shu"
The earliest existing version of "Lu Ban Shu" is the engraving of the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, also known as the "Wanli version". It is collected by the Palace Museum. In addition to the Wanli version, the supplementary version produced during the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty is the most complete version in existence, also known as the "Chongzhen version" and is collected by the National Library.
Because the "Wanli version" and "Chongzhen version" were printed in small quantities, reprinted versions appeared on the market at that time, also known as "manuscripts". In order to gain greater profits, ancient bookstores did not provide complete versions to readers, so that incomplete versions flowed into the market.
Although there are various versions of the "Book of Lu Ban" handed down from ancient times, the number of volumes is also different, and the content is also different, but without exception, the opening line of the first volume is - "Want to learn This technique must be eliminated first.";
Followed by the formula: "Wood can conquer the earth, the earth can escape quickly, and the wood spirit retreats quickly, so as to avoid the anger of heaven and all devils, hurry out of the house. , sweep away the evil atmosphere, the five thunders sound, the willow branches scatter, the fire steals the tranquility, all monsters cannot stand up, my heavenly order, forever protect the family, as urgent as the law of Laojun."
Lu Ban's law. Therefore, he was deified not only because he was a skilled craftsman, but also because he was also a man full of wisdom. The divinity reflected in "The Book of Lu Ban" just satisfies certain people's wishes in life.
Whether "life-sustaining technique", "fixing root method", "box of water" or "invisibility method" are all tests of people's thoughts, people can get some kind of emotional satisfaction based on these.
In the worldly life, nine out of ten things go unsatisfactory, and if you want to turn unsatisfactory things into good things, it is impossible to achieve it through realistic means. Therefore, people turn to the supernatural for this helplessness. The mysterious power is expected to help people realize their specific worldly wishes.
References Baidu Encyclopedia-Lu Ban Shu (Civil Engineering and Architecture Wonderful Book)