After the Tang and Song Dynasties, Feng Shui evolved into two schools, namely, situation school and rational style. Ding Ruipu in the Qing Dynasty said in "Feng Shui Puzzlement": "The art of Feng Shui can't tell the situation and orientation. Those who talk about the situation are now called mountains; The person who spoke this position is now called Li Qi. On the occasion of the Tang and Song Dynasties, people had their own sects to give and receive, and they stood on their own feet and did not feel the same. "
First, the situation
The situation is geomantic omen, which can be traced back to the method of relocation and site selection in ancient Gongliu: "The precipitous is in the original ... the scenery is hills, the yin and yang are opposite, and the flowing spring is observed ... to the original." Later, it gradually developed into the "shape method" of the Han Dynasty, and the "potential" of the Tang and Song Dynasties was to choose the Yin and Yang homestead according to the topographical features.
According to the situation, it comes from Yang Junsong, a geomantic master in Tang Dynasty, commonly known as "Jiangxi School". "Jiangxi School" focuses on observing mountains and rivers, and takes dragons, caves, sand and water as the four major programs, so it is widely spread because of its good practicability. In addition to himself, there were his disciples Zeng, Cai in the Song Dynasty.
Yang Junsong's three representative works, Rocking the Dragon Sutra, Doubting the Dragon Sutra and Burial Law, are the main theoretical works of this school. Its main theory is brilliantly summarized in the Summary of the General Catalogue of Sikuquanshu: "Hanlong Classic is devoted to the situation of mountain falling, which is divided into three parts: greedy wolf, giant gate, Lucun, Wen Qu, Lian Zhen, Wu Qu, Pojun, Zuo Fu and dextral nine planets. In the first chapter of Yi Long Jing, branches were found in stems, mainly in Guanju Shuikou. The middle chapter discusses the way to find the dragon, the way to look at the face and face; In the next part, I will discuss the situation of acupuncture points again, and attach ten questions about the dragon to clarify its meaning. " The Burial Law is devoted to acupoints, with the theory of leaning against the cover and hitting people. There are twelve inverted buckets, that is, the twenty-four sands attached to the above theory ... ".
In addition to the above three books, the works of Situation School include Leaking the Sky, Proud Talk of Youth Capsule and On Micro. However, all forms and legal works originated from the book of burial. The Book of Burial was written by Guo Pu in Jin Dynasty, and its content attached great importance to the situation of tombs. Those who believe that qi is the evidence of form; Form, qi. Qi is the internal composition of form, and form is the external expression of qi. "Anger" changes with the topography, so the cloud says: "There is a bone on the ridge, a branch of Fu Gang, and qi follows", "There is soil and gas". He also said: "Qi moves on the ground, and its movement is also due to the potential of the ground." The Book of Burial also associates the size of the mountain with good luck or bad luck. As the book says, "the mountains on the ground, if connected with the sky, are from the sky." If the waves of water, if Ma Benteng, if to rush ... ". From this perspective, burial books are the originator of situational theory, and Guo Pu is the originator of situational theory.
Second, cases
Qi-regulating Feng Shui developed from "Kanyu" in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and "Kanyu" took divination as its main content. Therefore, the activity of regulating qi and feng shui can be traced back to the ancient "divination house", which is earlier than the "situation school" in time and is the inheritance and development of ancient divination activities. Therefore, it is also more mysterious.
The theoretical basis of "Li Qi School" depends more on "Qi Theory" in China's ancient philosophy than "Situation School". According to the theory of Qi, everything in the world is generated by Qi, that is, "Everything is made of Qi" (Fang Yizhi), and "Mountains and rivers, water and soil, where Qi is taken, are also big houses of nature" (five courtiers). Therefore, "the popularity of qi fills the universe" (Zhu) and "heaven and earth are one" (Cheng Hao). Since everything in heaven and earth is one, there is something in common between them, that is "reason". Cheng Hao said: "Everything is just the principle of nature." Reason exists in reality, but it is invisible. The combination of reason and form is the image of "Qi". Reason originates from qi.
Mr. Feng Shui of "Li Qizong" and his predecessor, Kan Yu, tried to explore the true meaning of "Tian Li" like the Yin and Yang family, so as to achieve the harmony and unity between man and Tian Li. As the principle of all things in nature, it is closely related to the survival and development of human beings, and it is nothing more than the principle (law) in time and space, that is, the universal law of seasonal time and spatial orientation. Therefore, the principle of Qi and Feng Shui is based on the division of stars, and the seasons are determined by the relative positions of the stars. At the same time, the compass is used to distinguish the position, and the principles of yin and yang, gossip, good or bad luck of the nine planets and the position of the twenty-four mountains are used to operate the orientation and harmony, so as to realize the unity of man and nature.
In the Tang Dynasty, besides Lai Wenjun (Song Dynasty), there were Li, Yuan Tiangang and his son, Lv Cai, Zhou Jie, Yan Shansi and Qu Tansta. In Song Dynasty, there were Wang Ji, Ma Shao, Wang Xiyuan, Miao Xun and his son, and Han Xianfu.
Li Qizong is a classic of geomantic omen. The first one is Xuan Nv Qingnangjiao Jing, which is 70,000 words long and consists of four volumes. It is based on the Yin and Yang in Zhouyi, with the five elements, hexagrams and the directions of the twenty-four mountains as the basic contents, and the narrative is quite detailed. This was followed by a three-volume version of the House Classic, which was also a classic work of the Li Qi Sect and was included in the Siku Quanshu.