Editing Lu Ban (section)

{{Short description|5th-century BC Chinese engineer and inventor}}
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{{family name hatnote|[[Lu (surname 鲁)|Lu]]|lang=Chinese}}
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'''Lu Ban'''{{efn|Known as '''Lo Pan''' in Cantonese contexts. Sometimes spelled as '''Lu Pan'''.}} ({{circa|lk=no|507}}–444{{nbsp}}BC){{sfnp|Yan|2007}}<ref name=cc>{{citation|contribution-url=http://www.cultural-china.com/chinaWH/html/en/Kaleidoscope56bye237.html |contribution=Lu Ban |url=http://www.cultural-china.com |title=Cultural China |location=Shanghai |publisher=Shanghai Digital Century Network |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210011150/http://www.cultural-china.com/ |archive-date=2014-12-10 }}.</ref> was a Chinese architect or master carpenter, structural engineer, and inventor, during the Zhou Dynasty. He is revered as the [[Chinese folk religion|Chinese]] [[Chinese gods|Deity]] (Patron) of builders and contractors.{{anchor|History|Biography}}