This project examines the mass production of technical knowledge in ancient China (4^th- 2^nd centuries BCE). It offers the first in-depth analysis of the dynamics between Later Mohist schools that trained men in technical and proto-scientific arts and the larger intellectual and sociopolitical milieu of standardizing knowledge, especially technical knowledge, at the time. The seismic shifts occurring in the ancient world regarding the quantification and organization of knowledge mirror those occurring in our own day. I hope to use theory gained from today’s digital turn to compare, explore, and shed light on the ancient transformations in information packaging – one that had significant ramifications for the genesis of empire and technical knowledge in East Asian history.