Feng Shui Master: If you are buried here, you will definitely be the number one scholar in four generations! Prodigy: It won’t take that long
Regarding the theory of Feng Shui, some people regard it as nonsense, while others believe it deeply. But in ancient times, people generally believed in Feng Shui, especially the Feng Shui of ancestral graves. People at that time believed that as long as their deceased elders were buried on a geomantic treasure land, their descendants would prosper and even produce outstanding figures such as prime ministers and champions.
In the Ming Dynasty, there was a champion named Shu Fen. Shu Fen was a native of Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. He passed the imperial examination in the 12th year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty (1517). He is an honest official, upright and outspoken. He is famous for his loyalty and filial piety, and is known as the "Number One Scholar of Loyalty and Filial Piety". Moreover, Shu Fen was very knowledgeable and wrote many works in his life, including "The Complete Works of Shu Wen Jiegong".
Shu Fen has been intelligent, diligent and studious since she was a child. She can compose poetry at the age of 7 and is hailed as a child prodigy by her hometown people. When he was 12 years old, Shu Fen wrote a poem "Ode to Taming Wild Geese", which made him famous. The Nanchang prefect praised him greatly and recommended him as a learned disciple. In the second year of Zhengde (1507), Shufen passed the provincial examination. In the twelfth year of Zhengde (1517), Shu Fen participated in the joint examination and successfully entered the palace examination. He was selected by Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty as the number one scholar.
The reason why Shu Fen was able to get the first prize in the examination was of course because of his good knowledge. As for whether it has anything to do with the Feng Shui of his family's ancestral tomb, I won't jump to conclusions. But in the book "Yutang Conghua" written by Jiao Hong of the Ming Dynasty, there is such a record about Feng Shui. I will share it with you today for discussion.
According to the book, Shu Fen’s father got a piece of land and planned to use it as his cemetery a hundred years later. He also specially invited a fortune teller who surveyed Feng Shui to take a look at the Feng Shui of the land. How exactly.
After careful investigation, the fortune teller was full of praise for the feng shui of this land and said: "This place should be the Ding Yuan, but it will be four generations later." The so-called "Ding Yuan" means the number one scholar. The meaning of this sentence is that if you are buried here, your descendants will definitely be able to pass the exam, but they must wait until four generations later.
Shu Fen’s father had high hopes for Shu Fen. He originally thought that his son would get the top prize, but when he heard what the fortune teller said, he sighed in disappointment and said, “I can’t wait until that time. "
Shu Fen was still young at the time. He said to his father: "Father, don't worry. If this is really a geomantic treasure, please bury three generations of ancestors here, and then the child can take the exam. He won the first prize."
After hearing this, Shu Fen's father thought it was a good idea, and the fortune teller also thought it was feasible. So they chose an auspicious day to move and bury three generations of the Shu family's ancestors on that Feng Shui treasure land. After Shu Fen's father passed away, he was also buried there, thus completing four generations. In the end, at the age of 34, Shu Fen won the first prize.
When Shu Fen's father got a burial place, the Xing family said: "This place should be the Ding Yuan, but it will be four generations later." Shu's father said: "I can't wait." When Shi Fen was a child, he said "Father, I am not in trouble. If Diguo wins, please move the remains of the ancestors of the third generation to be buried here, and my son will be ready." My father followed, and Fenguo was the leader. (See "Yutang Conghua")