The relationship between Feng Shui, calendar, and Big Dipper
Since ancient times, the study of Yi studies in "Zhouyi" itself has been divided into three studies: numerology, elephants, and logic by predecessors. The four studies of divination. The author believes that the three studies of Xiang, mathematics and science are the organic structure of the Zhouyi system, and they can become an independent system in themselves, while divination is only a comprehensive application of the three studies of Zhouyi, Xiang, mathematics and science, and cannot be combined with the three studies).
The internal logic of the three studies of number, image, and theory is that numbers produce images, and images produce principles. "He Tu" and "Luo Shu" are representatives of numbers. We have introduced it in detail in previous articles. The so-called Xiang is actually the hexagram system of the Zhouyi. According to the rules of the ancients, odd numbers are yang and even numbers are yin. According to this distinction, 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 are positive numbers; 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 are odd numbers. At the same time, in order to distinguish the innate, invisible Qi and the acquired, tangible form. Among the numbers, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are also called birth numbers, which have the meaning of growth and evolution; 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 are established numbers, which are acquired shapes.
The structure of "He Tu" is that the number of births is in the inside and the number of adults is in the outside. 1 is water, living in the north; 2 is fire, living in the south; 3 is wood, living in the east; 4 is gold, living in the west; 5 is earth, living in the center. This is the distribution of the number of students! Then according to this rule, naturally 6 also lives in the north and belongs to water; 7 lives in the north and belongs to fire; 8 lives in the east and belongs to wood; 9 lives in the west and belongs to metal; 10 lives in the center and belongs to earth. (The above-mentioned mathematics are called "river numbers" in the application of magic numbers. For example, in the selection of Feng Shui floors, the five elements are selected based on the "river numbers")
In this way, the number of births is in Inside, outside! Astrologers believe that this is the origin of the sixty-four hexagrams in the Zhouyi, which are divided into inner hexagrams and outer hexagrams. At the same time, precisely because hexagrams are different from inside and outside, raw numbers are the basic numbers, and Cheng Shu is just an evolution based on the raw numbers. Therefore, in the application of divination, those that do not change are called "Ti Gua", while those that change and are applied are called "Yong Gua".
The concept of yin and yang is naturally heaven and earth in the impression of nature. Therefore, the ancients had innate worship for the emperor and queen. The so-called "qi is formed in the sky and formed on the ground". Huang Tian is supreme in nature and governs the world through the three Yuan Zhoutian and the twenty-eight constellations. The Emperor of Heaven is the Tianyi or Purple Star in the eyes of astrologers. He patrols the four directions of southeast, northwest and northwest every year, and the means of transportation he takes is the "Emperor's Car", which is the Big Dipper. Then, the direction pointed by the handle of the Big Dipper is the symbol of the Emperor's management and inspection of the four directions. Therefore, the records of the four seasons and the determination of the calendar are formed according to the trajectory of the Big Dipper. Naturally, all the applications of magicians cannot be separated from the Tai Sui Shen Sha system and the Big Dipper astrology system.
2. The essence of Feng Shui
Every year we divide it into four seasons (spring, summer, autumn and winter) and eight festivals (beginning of spring, spring equinox, beginning of summer, summer solstice, beginning of autumn, autumnal equinox, beginning of winter, winter solstice) Twenty-four solar terms and seventy-two periods. The process of its formation is described in detail in the detailed explanation of the Seventy-Two Dragons of Chuanshan and the Sixty Dragons of Penetration. The combination of the directions of the nine palaces, the Bagua, the twenty-four solar terms, and the seventy-two horoscopes in "Luoshu" itself is the contribution of Yi scholars such as Meng Xi and Jingfang of the Han Dynasty to the development of Yi studies. Later generations expanded its application in Feng Shui through Yang Junsong in the Tang Dynasty and Jiang Dahong in the Ming Dynasty. The twenty-four solar terms can actually correspond to the twenty-four mountains, and the seventy-two solar terms can directly correspond to the seventy-two dragons that pass through the mountains.
Therefore, we can understand that the essence of Feng Shui is based on the stems and branches and combined with the calendar. Feng Shui") method. The calendar corresponds to the weather and the tombs correspond to the geographical advantages. The ultimate purpose of using the weather and geographical advantages is to solve the problem of harmony and harmony.
3. Comments on the disputes between Feng Shui factions
As we all know, the Feng Shui system was formed very late. Through the collective efforts of Yi scholars and mathematicians in the early Han Dynasty, the Five Elements thought from the Book of Changes was finally integrated with the Bagua Xiangnu system from the Zhouyi, thus giving rise to the "Five Elements" of mountain, divination, medicine, stars, and phase. "Technology" system. Among them, "phase" refers to the method of phase and earth. Including the appearance of the house and the appearance of the tomb, it should be the source of Feng Shui in later generations.
1. "The Burial Classic", the origin of Feng Shui
Guo Pu, a famous exegesis and writer in the Jin Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, proposed in his book "The Burial Classic" that "Qi will disperse when it is carried by the wind. Boundary water will stop, and the ancients gathered it so that it would not disperse, and the movement will stop."
The concept of Feng Shui was first completed, and the "Burial Sutra" as a guiding work on the method of phase and earth was naturally called the original text of Feng Shui by later generations. Included in "Sikuquanshu". However, the compiler of "Siku" believes that the "Burial Sutra" mentioned in "Book of Jin. Biography of Guo Pu" has been lost, and the book of biographies should only entrust Guo Pu's name to future generations.
2. The development of the Feng Shui system in the Tang Dynasty
During the Tang Dynasty, the state teacher Yang Junsong (known as "Yang Jiezhu" among the people) summarized the methods of the predecessors, He annotated and wrote Feng Shui classics such as "Green Bag Sutra", "Heavenly Jade Sutra", "Shaking the Dragon" and "Suspicious Dragon".
In Feng Shui practice, Yang Junsong, in view of the complexity and diversity of finding dragon points in mountainous and hilly areas, as well as the yin and yang attributes between mountains and rivers, uses the innate Bagua Najia principle, that is, "Ganajia" Xi Kun Na Yi, Ren and Yin Shu Li Gong Na, Kan Gui Shen Chen Na Shui Yin, combined with the Four Yang Gua; "Four Yin Gua". principle. It is deduced that the twelve yang dragons and the twelve yin dragons are divided into the twenty-four mountains. At the same time, he created the application of "Sewing Needles" Twenty-Four Mountains and "Seventy-Two Dragons Crossing Mountains". Later generations, according to Yang Gong's Feng Shui, divided Feng Shui dragon hunting into practical Feng Shui procedures such as dragon hunting, sand inspection, water observation, acupoint pointing, and orientation. It is a representative of Xingpai Feng Shui and is respected by many masters of later generations! His theory was passed down by his disciple Zeng Wenyu.
The Xingpai Feng Shui represented by Yang Gong (known as "Gannan Feng Shui" in the world) has "Yang, Zeng, Liao and Lai" as its four great masters. Legend has it that Liao Yuzhong was a disciple of Yang Junsong! The author checked several chapters of "Siku" on techniques and found that "Nine Star Point Method" exists. Passed by Liao Yu. However, there are no works by Liao Gong in the annotations of the past dynasties. Therefore, everyone thinks that "Nine Star Point Method" is a fake. "Nine-Star Acupoint Method" specifically uses nine stars to identify acupoint bodies. The so-called nine stars are the sun, taiyin, gold and water, purple energy, tiancai, concave brain, double brain and flat brain, which combine with Tiangang dry fire to form nine. Among them, there are nine categories: straight body, open mouth, hanging breast, arched feet, double arms, single strand, lateral head, boneless, and flat surface. In fact, none of them has been recognized by the world. Therefore, the author holds the traditional Liao Gong Feng Shui. I have reservations and will not express my opinion for the time being.
It is said that Qiu Yanhan, a contemporary of Yang Junsong, was taught by the people the method of tapping the emperor's acupoints. An independent school of Feng Shui system was formed. Qiankun National Treasure Feng Shui currently on the market was taught by Qiu Yanhan. In practice, the author found that its Longmen Eight Bureau water method has a considerable degree of success, and the rest are tested on behalf of others.
"Siku" contains: "Internally Translated Emperor Aoji's Divine Book of Zhenshi", the old version is titled "The True Story of Qiu Yanhan", supplemented by Yang Junsong, and interpreted by Wu Jingluan. The method uses the twenty-eight stars of the sky attached under the twenty-four mountain dragons, with Qian, Kun, Gen, and Xun as the four poles, paired with the four stars of Qi, Luo, Ji, and Bo, and with Jiaokang, Kuilou, Bullfight, and Jing. Ghosts are divided into four categories, and I don’t know what their meanings are. The "Preface to Qingnang" of the case has a saying about looking at the golden dragon first. Later generations regarded it as the four stars Kang, Niu, Lou and Gui. It was originally a conjecture. This book also says that the four metals are not expressed in terms of location, but are specifically based on the shape on the ground and the corresponding image in the sky. The Tianxing Feng Shui mentioned so far is related to it, but the principles of its book can no longer be verified in the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, there are different opinions and they cannot agree on one, and it is definitely a fake book!
3. The development of other geographical Feng Shui
As mentioned above, starting from Yang Junsong's "Gannan Feng Shui" in the Tang Dynasty, "Yang, Zeng, Liao and Lai" were passed down as masters. Contemporary Feng Shui is often called Sanhe Feng Shui, or Xingpa Feng Shui. Then in the early days of Gannan Feng Shui, there were still three elements of Feng Shui in the world. At present, the so-called Feng Shui masters often call it Xuankong Feng Shui, but it is actually another name for Three Yuan Feng Shui.
Three Yuan Feng Shui was founded by Jiang Dahong in the Ming Dynasty. However, the author actually checked the categories of techniques in "Siku". There is no writing by Jiang Dahong on Three Yuan Feng Shui! It is said that Jiang Dahong has extant works such as "Shui Long Jing", "Tian Yuan Five Songs", "Di Li Bian Zheng" and so on; he also created the Jiang Pan Compass!
It is said that the disciples of Duke Jiang included Jiang Yao from Kuaiji, Zhang Zhongxin from Danyang, Luo Shipeng from Danyang, Lu Xianglie from Shanyin, Hu Taizheng from Wuling, Bi Shichi from Zichuan, etc. There are also Fan Yibin from southern Yunnan, Zhang Zhongshan from Zhejiang, Zhu Xiaohe from Suzhou, Xu Dihui from Shangyu, Yin Youben from Xiangchu, and Cai Minshan from Guangdong. However, his disciples each established their own sect, and none of them could truly teach him.
As far as the author can see, I often check the three-yuan Feng Shui taught in the three places in front of me. In addition to "Shen's Xuankong Fengshui", there are also Zhang Zhongshan and other Xuankong Fengshui theories. There is no consensus, and there are many things that criticize each other.
Its true learning is limited by the author's limited experience and practical influence, so it is impossible to know the full picture, which is a pity!
IV. Overview of Feng Shui
Based on the perspective of the author, based on the academic principles of Yi Xue, combined with the theoretical value of Feng Shui, I secretly believe that the theory of Feng Shui originated from the "Five Skills" of the Han Dynasty. The art has a theoretical system since Guo Pu's "Burial Sutra" in the Jin Dynasty. The actual foundation lies in the integration of the image number system and the five elements system that the sages of magic and number worked hard to form. Sanhe Feng Shui pays attention to form, which is actually the foundation, and it also involves the content of regulating Qi. The development of Sanyuan Feng Shui further develops the Han Yi model of orientation, five elements and solar terms changes based on Sanhe. The emphasis is different, but the basis is that they all start from the phase. It is also like the dispute between Hinayana and Mahayana among the Buddhists. In fact, Hinayana's three dharma seals, the four truths and the eightfold path, the twelve causes and conditions, and the eighteen realms should be the fundamental vehicle. Rather than the difference between big and small as the world thinks.
As before, the weather is not as good as the right place. The three-in-one Feng Shui (Xing Pai) should be the foundation of all Feng Shui systems. Those who do not know the three-in-one are not enough to discuss Fengshui. Those who do not know the three-in-one and do not understand the three yuan are not enough Not enough to talk about Feng Shui.