Qin and Han Dynasties: Early Prosperity of Kanyu
Like physiognomy, numerology and other ancient folk cultures in China, geomantic omen can be traced back to the ancestors of Shang and Zhou Dynasties, which began to rise in Qin and Han Dynasties and basically took shape in the late Han and Wei Jin Dynasties. During this period, the basic theories about the Eight Diagrams, Yin and Yang, Five Elements, Branches and Branches, Najia, Five Colors, Four Spirits, Eight Directions, Earthly Veins, Geographical Trend of March 4th and Astronomical Phenomena have been developed and carried forward, reaching a comprehensive stage. At that time, astrology, astrology, physiognomy and divination were very common and prosperous, with many theories and sects. On this point, there are a lot of records in Historical Records. Like historical records? Biographies of Meng Tian recorded the concept of earth pulse for the first time, which was the beginning of Long Mai's theory of earth and gas in later generations. Historical records? Huaiyin Biography records the story of physiognomy. Historical records? The Biography of the Japanese recorded the phenomenon that many Feng Shui sects were fragmented at that time: "When filial piety was Emperor Wu, there was a good way."
Ask your family, can you take a woman one day? The five elements say yes, no and no. It is unlucky to build a family, except ... "The word" no "in Feng Shui has appeared in later generations. However, in the Han Dynasty, the word "Kanyu" did not specifically refer to the activities of feng shui inspection, and its extension and connotation were wider than now. The interpretation of Kanyu in Xu Shen's Shuo Wen Jie Zi in the Eastern Han Dynasty: "Kan, Tian Ye; Hey, so is the tunnel. "Integrity is the floorboard of the way of heaven and earth.
In the Han Dynasty, "painting the house" was the most famous application method of geomantic omen, and the Liu Ren-style disc, a tool related to geomantic omen orientation and integrating the contents of stars, became the beginning of the compass for later generations. The disc consists of an upper disc and a lower disc. The sky disk is round, and the venue is square, symbolizing the round place. The sky disk is the winning big dipper, the outer circle is the name of 28 stars, and the inner circle is the month from 1 month to1February. The inner layer of the site is eight stems and four dimensions, the second layer is twelve earthly branches, and the third layer, the outermost layer, is also marked with the name of twenty-eight stars, but it is staggered from the name of twenty-eight stars in the sky plate.
We can get a glimpse from the works of some Han people. For example, Wang Chong's On Balance? The article "The Art of Painting a House" says: "There are eight techniques in the house. The first technique is six, and the name of the first one is different from that of the business."
Another lj. There are five tones in the family and five surnames. If the house is not suitable for its surname, and the surname and house are thieves, it will be difficult to die and sin. "And he said," Art of the Academy of Painting "says:' Merchants should not face south, and recruiters should not face north.' Then Shang Jin, Nanhuo also; Fire, north water also. Water beats fire, fire steals gold, and the five elements can't get along, so the house door of the five surnames should have a direction, get it right, and be rich and prosperous; It can be seen from Wang Chong's Quotations on Refuting the Art of Painting Academy that the art of painting academy in Han Dynasty is based on the principle of five elements and the theory of "five tones as surnames", that is, it is distributed in five directions according to the five tones of palace, business, horn, sign and feather; According to its five tones, the owner's surname looks at its five-element attribute; Then look at the appropriate sitting position and orientation according to the principle of five elements generating grams. For example, the surname Tang is the symbol of sound, and the symbol of the five elements belongs to fire. According to the principle of five elements, wood makes a fire, fire makes gold, wood is in the east and gold is in the west. So the door of Tang's main house should face east, not west.
At present, all the geomantic classics of Han Dynasty have been lost, but can we learn from Hanshu? Some clues can also be seen in "Yi Wen Zhi". For example, there are fourteen volumes of "The Golden Chamber of Kanyu" and twenty volumes of "The Terrain of the Palace" in its catalogue. According to textual research, both books are about "the theory of geomantic orientation". Among them, The Golden Chamber of Kanyu belongs to five kinds.
As for the genre, as for the topography of the palace houses, it is speculated that it may be a geomantic work on the location planning of the capital city and houses in Guo Cheng. Hanshu? There is a clear record in the Records of Arts and Culture: "The maker of laws must set up a large-scale posture in Kyushu to describe the degree and artifacts of the bones of man and six animals, so as to make their voices noble, noble and good or bad." It can be seen that the palace housing construction of ordinary people in the Han Dynasty emphasized the general investigation of forms and methods. Forms and methods are not only related to land, but also to people, things and animals. This is a comprehensive skill.
Non-feng shui monographs preserved from the Han Dynasty, such as Historical Records, Lun Heng and Hanshu? Art and literature "
In Huainanzi, we can vaguely see the rise or germination of physiognomy, facial features, date selection, town government, burial place and traditional taboos in Han Dynasty.