Gongshu Ban (公輸班)

Overview

Gongshu Ban was an Artisan and Inventor.

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	Lu Ban	班輸	Bān Shū

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 46, passage 79
legendary antiquity
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 75, passage 154
BC 507 to BC 444 班输榷巧于斧斤
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 117, passage 274

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 46 Volume 46 Biographies 38: Good Officials 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 75 Volume 64b: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 2 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 117 Volume 100a: Afterword and Family History 1 1 passage

Skill carpentry / craft with axe and adze 斧斤 · Level master
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 274

Named as master of the ink line
Allusion · Exemplar · Mode quotation Speaker Wang Bao (王褒)
Directly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 154

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 46Volume 46 Biographies 38: Good Officials · 1 passage

Book of Han, Chapter 75Volume 64b: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 2 · 1 passage

Book of Han, Chapter 117Volume 100a: Afterword and Family History 1 · 1 passage