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Screening the windowframe of reality from the clumsy brushwork of Dan Eastwell.

Mar 28
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Lu Ban is well notable for his achievements after his subject to the State of Chu.
According to the tradition, he was responsible for several inventions as seen on Mozi chapter 49 and 50:
Cloud ladder — a mobile counterweighted siege ladder.[2]
Grappling hooks and ram — boat implements used during on a naval warfare.[3]
Wooden bird — a non-powered flying wooden bird which could stay in the air for three days, and had been suggested to be a proto-kite.[4]