A must-read book for Feng Shui masters
Feng Shui (a metaphysical term) is known as fēng shuǐ
Feng Shui is a mystical art with a long history in the Chinese nation. It is also called Qingwu Shu and Qingnang Shu, which is a more academic term. It's called Kanyu. Feng Shui is the force of nature and the great magnetic field energy of the universe. Wind is vitality and field energy, and water is flow and change. Feng shui is originally the art of looking at the ground, which is a method of checking geography on the spot. It is also called geography and the ancient name of geology. It is a philosophy that studies the environment and the laws of the universe. Since people are a part of nature, nature is also a part of people. Reach the state of "harmony between man and nature". The founder of Feng Shui is the Taoist goddess Jiutian Xuannv. The relatively complete Feng Shui knowledge emerged in the Warring States Period. The core idea of Feng Shui is the harmony between man and nature, to achieve the "unity of man and nature." Early Feng Shui was mainly related to methods and principles such as the location, orientation, and construction of palaces, residences, villages, and cemeteries. A metaphysics.
Feng Shui has two meanings: one refers to a type of edema disease, which is mostly caused by the invasion of wind evil, loss of lung energy, inability to regulate water channels, and accumulation of water and dampness in the body; the other refers to The natural situation of residential sites, cemeteries, etc., such as the system of land lines, directions of mountains and rivers, etc.
Source of ancient texts
What is "Feng Shui"? Countless people have defined Feng Shui from ancient times to the present. However, the first person to define Feng Shui in history was Guo Pu of the Jin Dynasty. There is a saying in his famous book "The Book of Burial": "The person who is buried takes advantage of the Qi. The Qi will be dispersed by the wind and stopped by the boundary water. The ancients gathered it to make it not disperse, and moved it to make it stop. Therefore, it is called Feng Shui and the method of Feng Shui. "Getting water is the first priority, and hiding wind is the second." It can be seen that the art of Feng Shui is also the art of matching the earth. The core is people's choice of living or burial environment and the processing of the changing laws of the universe, in order to achieve the purpose of seeking good fortune and avoiding evil. . Feng Shui can be divided into Yang House and Yin House.
Detailed explanation of the word
1. Wind and water; wind and rain.
"Book of the Song Dynasty: Chronicles of Emperor Wu": "The public is frowning, and due to the trend of Feng Shui, the thieves' ships are anchored on the west bank."
"Ode to Wild Goose" by Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty: "There are many mountains in Guanshan Rain, snow, and wind and water damage sweaters."
2. Wind, cold, and moisture.
Yu Xin of the Northern Zhou Dynasty wrote in "Begging for an Official List for General Yan": "In addition to the cold and heat, the festivals are out of order, Feng Shui invades, and the essence is exhausted."
3. Scenery, landscape.
The poem "Moving to Jiujiang" by Li Shen of the Tang Dynasty: "The guests of Chu like Feng Shui, but the people of Qin are sad for their foreign land."
Chapter 120 of "Water Margin": "The mountains are beautiful, The pines and cypresses are dense and feng shui is no different from Liangshan Park."
4. Refers to a distant and blocked road.
Li Jilan, "The Biography of Talents of the Tang Dynasty" written by Yuan Xinfang: "One may join the army for thousands of miles and cut off the noise; or one may only serve for years and be far away from home."
5. Refers to the homestead or The wind direction, water flow, mountains and other conditions around the cemetery. As far as the house of the living is concerned, it is called the Yang House; as far as the cemetery of the deceased is concerned, it is called the Yin House. Superstitious people believe that the quality of "feng shui" can determine the good or bad fortune of the owner or the deceased's family.
The old title of "Book of Burial" by Guo Pu of Jin Dynasty: "The classics say: Qi will disperse when it rides on the wind, and it will stop when it is bounded by water. The ancients gathered it to make it not disperse, and moved it to make it stop, so it is called Feng Shui. "
"Ancient and Modern Novels·Wang Xinzhi died to save the family": "There is a lot of space in Wuqiang Mountain here, and the feng shui is very good. I will sort out the affairs with you first."
"Yuan Mei of the Qing Dynasty". Xin Qixie·Zhu Tinghuai": "Someone may ask: 'Did the ancestors of the various houses have merits and virtues?' He said: 'No. It is the feng shui of his family's yin house.'"
Guo Moruo's "I" Chapter 1 of "Childhood" Chapter 3: "In his opinion, he thought that our mother had taken over all the feng shui on the Du family's ancestral tomb mountain, so only our family was affected."
6. Refer to Feng shui person.
Chapter 44 of "The Scholars": "He became more and more panicked. He was looking for a place with this Feng Shui. He had a Feng Shui at home, and there were many Feng Shui outside. This Feng Shui was looking for a place. , let those feng shui come over. ”
7. Metaphorical situation.
The third chapter of "Chu Zhaogong" by Zheng Tingyu of the Yuan Dynasty: "Everyone needs to look at the feng shui. The boat is really small and cannot carry these people."
Zhu Daonan "In the Torrent of the Great Revolution" "Guangzhou Uprising in China": "These two guys don't care about Feng Shui, and they will make a fool of themselves in front of the 'honest son and grandson'."
8. Names of diseases in traditional Chinese medicine. It refers to symptoms such as swelling of the lungs and phlegm caused by wind evil.
Han Zhang Zhongjing's "Synopsis of the Golden Chamber: Pulmonary Insufficiency, Pulmonary Carbuncle, Cough and Upper Qi Disease": "Those who suffer from shortness of breath and irritability are caused by lung distension. If you want to practice Feng Shui, you will be cured by sweating."
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Tracing the Origin
Feng Shui can be traced back to ancient times.
“Form” and “Principle”:
China The "form method" of Feng Shui is mainly used for selecting sites and shapes; the "reason method" focuses on determining the orientation and pattern of indoor and outdoor areas; in addition, there is also the "day method" for selecting auspicious days and good times to create things; and the "talisman method" Choose unfavorable measures to remedy each method. Chinese Feng Shui is divided into Yangzhai Fengshui, which is the Yangzhai Xiangfa, which is responsible for the location and layout of the city residences where strangers live; Yinzhai Fengshui, which is the Yinzhai burial method. The location and layout of the tomb of the deceased. Chinese Feng Shui has different environments for residences. There are also distinctions between houses in wells, houses in the wilderness, and houses in valleys. For example, in the "Three Yuan Geography", in the application of Feng Shui, Each has its own emphasis. For houses in the wilderness and valleys, because of their close relationship with the surrounding natural geographical environment, they pay more attention to form; while for houses in Jingyi, due to the limitations of the external environment, they often focus on form and theory. The Situation School of Chinese Feng Shui focuses on identifying directions and positions such as finding dragons, observing sand, observing water, acupuncture points, and orientation; while the Liqi School focuses on the theory of mutual growth and restraint of Yin and Yang, five elements, stems and branches, and the Eight Trigrams and Nine Palaces, and has established a rigorous The on-site operation tool is the compass to determine the direction of site selection and planning. Although Chinese Feng Shui has formed many practical methods in history, it must follow the following three principles: the unity of heaven, earth and man. The principle of balance between yin and yang and the principle of mutual restraint of the five elements. The Feng Shui theory is actually the integration of geophysics, hydrogeology, astronomy, meteorology, environmental landscape, architecture, ecology and human life informatics. A natural science whose purpose is to carefully and carefully examine and understand the natural environment, utilize and transform nature, and create a good living environment. The ancient Chinese people often said: "The house takes the situation as its body, the spring as its blood, and the land as its blood." Skin and flesh, vegetation as hair, houses as clothing, and doors as crowns and belts. If this is the case, it is an elegant thing, which is auspicious. "This humanizes the house, indicating that proper layout matching is very important for both the house and the people.
The unity of heaven, earth and man:
Feng Shui runs through the traditional Chinese architectural activities Every process. From site selection planning, building units, garden sketches, indoor and outdoor decoration design to construction, it is almost everywhere. From the perspective of modern real estate brand planning, when conducting Feng Shui planning with modern residential area architectural layout, several Feng Shui perspectives should be established first : Tai Chi Pan-Existence View, Field Qi All-Existing View, Field Qi Guiding View
Classic Works
"Shu Zang" is a collection of living magic and mathematics classics at home and abroad. The treasures range from the numeral hexagrams written more than 3,000 years ago to the monographs of mathematicians in the early Republic of China. The publication of "Shu Zang" is a culmination of mathematical research and provides complete information for scholars in all fields.