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[Lu Ban Jing] is an ancient classic that combines civil construction structural techniques with metaphysical contents such as Feng Shui, Taoism, and magic. It is the only remaining monograph on folk carpentry in China. It is a study of folk architecture and Ming style in the Ming Dynasty. Important information on wooden furniture. Volume 1 begins with Immortal Master Lu Ban's drifting and working, and describes various house construction methods. The text is explained with pictures, and the text is mostly rhyme and formula. Volume Two comprehensively introduces the methods and dimensions of buildings, corrals, furniture, and daily utensils. Volume Three records a total of 72 examples of good and bad pictures for building various types of houses. The picture above is below and analyzes the influence of yin and yang, five elements, good and bad feng shui on building houses. The book focuses on the wooden dimensions, tiles and bricks used in ancient buildings, as well as the relationship between the size of the building, the left and right, and the good and bad fortune. It also comes with a large number of redrawn versions of photocopied graphics of ancient books, which more realistically restores the appearance of various mainstream furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Also attached is a volume called "Secretary of the Spirit-Driven Solution to the Insightful Mantra" and a volume of "Secret Immortal Machinery".