The ingenious Mohist mechanism was lost for 2,500 years after the Qin Dynasty. Could it be in the underground palace of Qin Shihuang's mausoleum?

In ancient China, there have always been some strange and strange stories that have been widely circulated by the people. Although these, some exaggerated ingredients may be added in the process of circulation. However, judging from the level of technology and knowledge and experience at that time, it is not ordinary carpenters who can construct exquisite and amazing things.

From the textbooks since childhood, we have formed a general and specific understanding of Lu Ban, knowing that he is ingenious and has a very high talent and attainments for design tools. But Lu Ban's ingenuity is not only reflected in some small objects. What amazes the world the most, and what makes him most famous is that he can design various component structures through whimsy, turning dull wood into a mechanism with a delicate and flexible structure.

In the production of mechanical techniques, some special skills and engineering requirements are needed, and Lu Ban can create this amazing universe with a pair of skillful hands. In the measurement, drawing and specific construction, Luban constantly improved the organ technique, and tried to apply the organ technique to the daily life of the common people in addition to the war.

In the construction of real life, after combining Luban's mechanism, some strange alchemy also blended into it, benefiting the Quartet and making daily life more convenient.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang restored the wooden cow and the horse by analyzing the structure of Luban's posthumous works in the later war. With this, the Shu army could still operate freely even in the steep mountains and transport food, grass and armaments. From here, we can see that the wisdom of the ancients is still the same even after a hundred years. It should not be underestimated. In the absence of more power to operate the equipment, the choice of using primitive organs and water power to drive the operation of large-scale combat equipment requires not only rich combat experience, but also extremely sophisticated ideas.

Among all Luban's works, the underground palace Feiyan is the most famous one. According to historical records, King Xiang Yu of Chu burned the Qin Palace after entering the customs, and organized soldiers to excavate Qin Shihuang's mausoleum. At this time, a golden geese broke through the ground and flew straight into the sky. , the Jinyan in the records does not refer to gold, but the craftsmanship with a metal shell. This strange scene does have a very similar appearance to the underground palace Feiyan recorded in Luban. In addition, the underground palace is a building mainly based on underground works of mausoleums. This argument seems very convincing.

It is a pity that Luban's classics and related design sketches have been completely lost in the turbulent times, so that some exquisite institutions and designs recorded in historical books can no longer be seen in the world, which is a pity. And because there are many differences between ancient mechanical techniques and modern science and technology in terms of principles and materials, many ancient tool designs are even based on the technique of the five elements, so even if modern technology is developed, it is difficult to restore.

Now we can find some wonderful explanations about ancient organ techniques through some historical records. For example, during the Three Kingdoms period, the prefect of Yunnan recorded that his soldiers brought a metal goose, and there are written records that this metal goose actually came from The Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is thousands of miles away, but unfortunately we can't know whether Luban had the perfect technology and ability to make golden geese and kept them for many years and was able to fly non-stop from Xianyang, the capital of Qin at that time, to Yunnan?

However, what is certain at present is that the design of organs based on Luban's technology did appear in Qin Shihuang's mausoleum, so at the moment when Qin Shihuang's mausoleum has not been excavated, we can also guess that Luban may have other works that are well placed in Qin Shihuang. What about the mausoleum? After all, the Qin and Han Dynasties were connected with the Spring and Autumn Dynasties, but Ying Zheng once failed to seek the elixir of immortality because of his delusional desire to live forever, and ordered the burning of books and Confucian scholars, which resulted in a large-scale loss of the pre-Han Dynasty classics, but since Luban’s organ skills can be found in the tomb of Qin Shihuang , So, are other related technologies still retained?