Chinese folk religion. His personality is assumed by the master carpenter involved in the construction of houses among the Dong. He is sometimes counted among the Five Kings of the Water Immortals, Taoist water gods invoked by sailors for protection while carrying out journeys. He is referenced in a number of Chinese idioms. The Chinese equivalent of "teaching one's grandmother to suck eggs" is to "brandish one's axe at Lu Ban's door". His cultural companion is the stone worker Wang Er, who lived around the same time. The modern artist Shi Lu has claimed that Lu Ban was an alias of his contemporary Confucius, but this seems dubious. See also Shuixian Zunwang Lo Pan Temple, Kennedy Town, Hong Kong Pisatao Notes References Citations Bibliography . . . . . . . External links A Restoration of Lu-Ban's Wooden Horse Carriage (PDF) Mozi (Chinese text and Mei translation) - Chinese Text Project 500s BC births 444 BC deaths Year of birth uncertain 5th-century BC Chinese people Chinese carpenters Chinese gods Crafts gods Chinese inventors Chinese structural engineers Deified Chinese people Engineers from Shandong Lu (state) Water gods 5th-century BC architects