Feng Shui: Source: "Book of Burials" first proposed the term Feng Shui, "When Qi rides on the wind, it will disperse, and when it is bounded by water, it will stop. The ancients gathered it to keep it from spreading, and moved it to stop it, so it is called Feng Shui." . ”
Feng Shui:
Tai Chi generates two yin (yin and yang, positive and negative), two yin generates four phases (five elements), four phases generates Bagua, and Bagua generates Twenty-Four Mountains
Feng Shui is divided into: Dragon, Cave, Sand, Water, Xiang, Yi, Shape, and Heaven (celestial layout). All advanced Feng Shui masters work according to these principles, but they must be combined with people’s numerology and nature. To calculate; because a famous saying of people in the past to make a fortune is: one fate, two luck, three feng shui, four accumulation of yin virtue, five reading;
The ancient Chinese called feng shui Kanyu, also called geography. We might as well read them together as : Kanyu Feng Shui Geography. We might as well explain it this way: Kan (observation of the sky), Yu (survey of the land), wind (air space), water (hydrology and water quality), earth (topography and geology) (research and analysis theory).
On the earth, what is the material that accounts for the largest volume? It is wind, water, and earth. The most basic substances that human beings rely on for survival are wind (air), water, and earth (land). Please don’t forget “ground” when talking about Feng Shui.
Except for the matter that comes in from celestial bodies, almost all matter on the earth is contained and nurtured by the three elements of Feng Shui and Ground, including of course human beings. It can be seen that what the ancients called Feng Shui generally refers to all materials in the earth. Feng Shui is a theory that studies the microscopic materials (air, water and soil) and the macroscopic environment (heaven and earth) on which human beings survive and develop.
According to the perception of the ancients, apart from the earth and water, the rest is space, and in space there is only wind. The ancients believed that wind, space and sky are connected. The wind mentioned in Feng Shui is not only air, but also represents space, and it also includes sky.
The term Feng Shui first came from the Fuxi era. Based on the simple diagrams he created, Taihao Fuxi deduced that the earth had a period of wind and water. "Jianyi Jing" records: "Yan Yan said: One is fog water, two is feng shui, three is mountain water, four is hill water, five is water, six is ??water, seven is less water, eight is lack of water, nine is no water." What this refers to is Feng Shui should be the original meaning of Feng Shui.
Laozi said: Two are born, two beget three, and three beget all things. One is the sky, so there is a saying that the sky creates water, the second is the earth, the third is what, the third is water. To translate this sentence from Lao Tzu, it means: Heaven and earth create water, heaven and earth create water, and heaven and earth water create all things.
Contemporary Feng Shui masters such as Yan Jun classify Feng Shui as one of the five Taoist arts. In ancient China, not only the so-called Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism were all interested in this Taoism, but also politicians and military strategists. Educators also regard Feng Shui geography as knowledge and scholarship that must be mastered. The so-called omniscience of astronomy and geography means omniscience of the three religions and nine streams. It's just that later some sages and sorcerers took Feng Shui in a direction that was too utilitarian and mystical.
In the modern Chinese dictionary, the word Feng Shui is defined as follows: it refers to the geographical situation of residential sites, cemeteries, etc., such as the veins of the land, the direction of the mountains and rivers, etc. Superstitious people believe that the quality of Feng Shui can affect the prosperity and decline of their families and children.
It can be said that the modern Chinese dictionary defines Feng Shui as "referring to the geographical situation of residential sites, cemeteries, etc., such as ground veins, the direction of mountains and rivers, etc." This is one-sided and narrowly defines Feng Shui. The definition "superstitious people believe that the quality of Feng Shui can affect the prosperity and decline of their families and children", which is a vilification and vulgarization of Feng Shui.
How do you view Feng Shui? In 2004, the National Housing and Living Environment Engineering Center released the "2004 Technical Key Points for Healthy Housing", which clearly stated: "Residential Feng Shui, as a cultural heritage, has a profound impact on people's consciousness and behavior. It contains both scientific elements and It also contains elements of superstition. Looking at Feng Shui theory from a dialectical perspective and correctly understanding the consistency and contradiction between residential Feng Shui and modern living concepts will help absorb its essence and discard its dross, emphasize the harmonious unity of man and nature, and pay attention to living and nature. and the overall relationship with the environment, enriching the ecological, cultural and psychological connotation of healthy housing.
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In daily life, the term Feng Shui can have two interpretations. One is a broader meaning, which generally refers to the nearby natural environment such as space, mountains, water, trees, etc. For example, Feng Shui here is really Well, it’s really a treasure of Feng Shui. One is in a narrower sense, specifically referring to Yin Zhai (ancestral graves) and Yang Zhai (housing). For example, if you have good Feng Shui in your home, etc.
Most of the ghost houses, whether they are government offices or residential buildings, whether they are noble tombs or civilian tombs, have a contribution made by Feng Shui masters. Therefore, modern people must admit that Feng Shui has made an indelible contribution to the reproduction and development of the Chinese nation that cannot be denigrated. .
The core idea of ??Feng Shui is the unity of nature and man, and the harmony between man and nature. Taking heaven and earth as the object of observation, relying on man, and serving the purpose is a real humanistic knowledge. .
Yifutang believes that the true ancient Chinese Feng Shui should be:
It is a kind of survival knowledge formed by ancient human beings' reproduction, governance and people's social activities,
It is a profound knowledge that studies the effect of nature on human beings.
It is a kind of excellent traditional Chinese culture.
It is a kind of magic to seek good luck and avoid evil. ,
It is a folk activity that has been passed down for thousands of years.
It is a unique Chinese philosophical thought product with the harmony of yin and yang as the core,
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It is a practical technology for the selection and optimization of human settlements formed by accumulated experience in practice.
It is a erudite school formed by the mixture of materialism and idealism of ancient Chinese people. ,
It is a systematic theory that is equal to science and metaphysics, the essence and dross coexist, lags behind modern technology, and surpasses modern science.
It is a precious Intangible historical and cultural heritage.
Yifutang’s personal understanding is that Chinese Feng Shui mainly has the following ten contents, and these contents must be comprehensively considered, analyzed comprehensively, and taken into consideration.
1: Observe the sky.
The ancients paid great attention to the influence of the sun, moon and stars on humans, which is mainly reflected in lighting, orientation and sun selection. /p>
The Yuan Yun, the year, the month, the day, the hour, and the four seasons are all formed by the cycle of the stars, so the influence of the movement of the celestial bodies on humans is unquestionable. Only with earth can there be water and all things. Observe the sky, understand the sky, the light from the sky comes up, and the virtues of the earth are downloaded. Images are formed in the sky and formed on the earth. Choosing Feng Shui based on the stars has become the most primitive method in Feng Shui. The most basic knowledge.
The Chinese lunar calendar, which was formed thousands of years ago, and the lunar calendar that is still used today all have important contributions from Feng Shui masters.
Based on the phenomenon of the starry sky. Predicting the bad luck in the world is also a very important method in Feng Shui.
The seven political affairs and the four remaining ones take turns to be on duty.
Two: Distinguish quality. The quality of wind (air), water, and earth (earth), and their effects on people.
This is the basis of Feng Shui.
The wind referred to here is the air that people breathe, the water is the water that people eat, the source water, and the soil is the soil for growing crops and the soil in acupuncture points. Because air, water, and soil are the most basic substances for human survival. If the wind (air) quality, water quality, and soil quality are not good, it will cause biological problems, cause disease, and cause disasters. I don’t think anyone would deny this.
Ancient Feng Shui masters mainly used methods such as breathing and smelling gas to measure air quality, tasting water and raising fish to measure water quality, and pinching soil and tasting soil to measure soil quality.
Xue Xin Fuyun: lush grass, deep water and thick soil is one of the ways to visually determine the quality of Feng Shui soil.
This type of method is introduced in Yifutang’s article Ten Methods of Enlightenment.
In ancient times, when science and technology was underdeveloped, Feng Shui masters could only use the original methods of seeing, smelling, tasting, pinching with hands, and weighing to identify the quality of Feng Shui grounds. Today, with the advancement of science, , if Feng Shui experts still cling to these simple methods, do not keep pace with the times, do not innovate tools, and do not use scientific instruments to measure air quality, water quality and soil quality. Some even turn a blind eye to these basic principles. If these simple methods are discarded, I think those Feng Shui sages will be furious and curse us if they have spirits in heaven.
Three: Observe the shape. The effect of Feng Shui's appearance and emotions on people.
The wind referred to here is both air and space. Water is the ditches, streams, rivers, lakes and seas formed by the accumulation of water. Land is the mountains and ridges formed by the accumulation of soil. Later, Feng Shui experts called the mountains that were directly connected behind the location (acupuncture points) of the Yin and Yang House called dragons, and the other hills were called sand.
In the process of multiplying and reproducing, governing the country and the people, and marching and fighting, humans have discovered that observing the sky, surveying the landforms, understanding the topography, and distinguishing the geology are very important, which is related to the survival and decline of mankind, the long-term stability of the country, and the success of the war. Success or failure led to the formation of the original theory of Feng Shui - Geography.
Feng Shui experts have discovered that the shape and appearance of mountains and rivers will affect human behavior and good or bad luck.
Feng Shui also humanizes the landscape and space, and understands the three forms of landscape and space as expressions of affection. Those who are affectionate in the Yin-Yang House are auspicious, those who are ruthless in the Yin-Yang House are unlucky, and those who are anti-emotional in the Yin-Yang House are inauspicious. This is a high-level theory in Feng Shui.
These contents are called physical studies in Feng Shui. There are more detailed explanations in the Feng Shui classics Qingwu Sutra, Burial Sutra, Xuexin Fu, Shaking the Dragon Sutra, Suspicious Dragon Sutra, Fawei Fu, Notes to the Son of Man, etc.
Four: Take advantage of the energy. The effect of Feng Shui's Qi on people.
Feng Shui believes that there is an invisible and intangible Qi among the three elements of Feng Shui and Earth. This Qi is not the Qi of the air, but a kind of Qi that circulates, converges, breeds and is reflected in the space of heaven, earth, mountains and rivers. It is something that can only be understood, cannot be expressed in words, and cannot be measured with a compass. Qi can be divided into auspicious qi, bad qi and middle qi. Only by being able to understand this kind of energy, be able to accept it, and get rid of the evil energy can we reach the highest state of Feng Shui. Therefore, using Qi is the top technique of Feng Shui.
The Book of Burial states that "Qi is generated and harmonized, Qi comes from shape, Qi is stopped by force, Qi moves with earth, Qi gathers with dragons" "Shape stops Qi and accumulates, transforming all things" "Buried person, To hide is to take advantage of the vitality. When the yin and yang energy rises and becomes wind, it rises and becomes clouds, it falls and becomes rain, and when it travels to the ground, it becomes vitality."
The methods of knowing qi are introduced in Yifutang's three articles on the ten methods for internally validating qi, the ten methods for externally qi, and the three articles on feng shui's good and bad qi.
Five: Measure the orientation. The effect of Feng Shui's magnetic field orientation on people.
This is a very important content in Feng Shui. The main measuring tool is the compass. According to the experience of the ancients, it was found that the orientation of the mountains and rivers around the Yin-Yang House interacts with the direction and position of the Yin-Yang House, which will have a direct and indirect impact on human beings, affecting human life and death, prosperity and decline, good and bad luck. As a result, a large number of theories were produced to deduce and deduce. Feng shui experts call it regulating qi.
There are six main types of Qi regulation:
1: Use the innate Bagua static coordination theory.
2: Use acquired Bagua dynamic balance theory.
3: Use the method of purifying yin and purifying yang to accept the Nine Star Theory.
4: Use the theory of three combinations to prosper the tomb.
5: Use heavenly stars to coordinate with landscape theory.
6: Use the emptiness and reality of mountains and rivers to cooperate with the Three Yuan Nine (Eight) movement theory.
Each category is divided into multiple schools of thought. Some of the contents of each faction are unrelated to each other, some are very different, and some attack each other.
Regulating Qi is the largest and most complex content in Feng Shui. It is difficult to distinguish between true and false, and it is difficult to distinguish between high and low. It is the place with the most dross. It is the academic field that is most attacked by people. Because many of the contents of Liqi are mysterious and mysterious, they cannot be scientifically explained and verified by facts, making it difficult to justify themselves.
Many people have spent their whole lives on regulating Qi, writing books and sayings in a grand way, adding layer after layer to the compass, circle after circle, with the intention of elucidating the subtleties and exploring the mysteries of Feng Shui. , this kind of spirit is commendable. However, it is easy to trap yourself in a small circle and be unable to extricate yourself.
The reason why people say that Feng Shui is superstitious is because they believe that using a compass to measure the direction and talking about good and bad luck is the whole of Feng Shui, and you are a Feng Shui master. This is obviously unfair to Feng Shui.
According to Yifutang’s understanding, regulating Qi is not the whole of Feng Shui. Although regulating Qi is a very important theory that must be mastered in Feng Shui, it is not the most critical and core theory. This is the reason why ancient philosophers and modern sages have tried their best to create and study thousands of schools and hundreds of schools of Qi, but they cannot crack all the mysteries of Feng Shui.
Six: Positioning. The location and direction selection of Yin Yang House.
After mastering the above principles, you can choose to determine the location of the Yin and Yang House. In Feng Shui, it is called acupoints.
Acupuncture is the core of Feng Shui, because all the efforts of Feng Shui masters are based on the yin and yang house. All Feng Shui environments work around the Yin and Yang house. Because only the true acupoint is where the vitality of Feng Shui gathers, and the auspicious energy of Feng Shui can be obtained.
It is easy for everyone to understand that the yang house will have an effect on people due to the influence of Feng Shui. The location where a yin person is buried will have an effect on his descendants, which is incomprehensible with modern science. However, according to the experience of the ancients and a large number of facts of today's people, this effect does exist, and sometimes it is more obvious than the effect of Yangzhai. Why is this?
Yifutang is not talented and cannot explain this reason with scientific principles. But we cannot think that things that cannot be explained by modern science are useless and cannot be believed. Because science also has limitations, science is not omnipotent, and modern science is not perfect.
After choosing the location of the Yin Yang House, choose the most appropriate direction to build it to absorb the vitality of the surrounding landscape space. It is called the vertical direction, and the vertical direction has become the key to Feng Shui.
When you look at the buildings of ancient government offices, they all face north and south, with Zishan facing noon. It can be seen that Feng Shui pays great attention to direction selection.
Seven: Choose the time. The effect of Feng Shui and time on people.
The ancients discovered that building yin and yang houses in different directions at different years, months, days, and hours will also have a great effect on the rise and fall of people, and even some major national and social events. Increase luck or success through timing. So a doctrine of choosing time was created. In Feng Shui, it is called daily class. The main daily lessons include Zaoming, Tianxing, Heluo, Doushou, Qimen, Liuren, Yanqin, Zibai, etc.
Feng Shui experts also found that different time periods of the Three Yuan and Nine Lucks will also affect the quality of the Yin and Yang House differently. Therefore, various schools of thought such as Three Yuan Xuan Kong and Six Methods were formed.
Because time is something produced by the movement of heaven and earth and perceived by humans. Since humans and heaven and earth are one, the role of time on humans is logical.
According to the above analysis, Feng Shui theory not only includes heaven, earth, wind, water and other materials, but also includes time. It is an overall combination of space and time, and is the most comprehensive and systematic one. Macro analysis and optimization.
Eight: Construction. The design and construction of Yin Yang House and the improvement of Feng Shui.
Chinese Feng Shui regards the design and construction of Yin and Yang houses as a method that must be mastered to follow the overall process of Yin and Yang house construction. Such as the construction direction, lighting, size, height, color, internal selection and arrangement of rooms, stoves, beds, doors, furniture, etc., as well as external design of wells, gatehouses, roads, bridges, toilets, water outlets, etc. with arrangements and so on.
The ancients knew that no place can be perfect, and some bad environments can be changed artificially. The so-called skill of eyesight is the tool of workmanship.
From the large-scale planting and strict protection of forests in Houlong Mountain and Shuikou Mountain in ancient villages, we can know that the ancients attached great importance to the construction of the ecological environment.
There are also many methods such as changing rivers, building bridges, roads, digging ponds, building walls, building towers, etc. to change the Feng Shui site to obtain a good living environment. This is the contribution of Feng Shui.
Feng Shui calls these work practices, which are also required courses and skills for Feng Shui masters. Therefore, ancient Feng Shui masters were also architectural designers.
9: Follow the rites. The customs and etiquette of respecting the ancestors and pursuing the long-term with caution. An important way to embody filial piety.
Burying ancestors is the best way for Chinese people to pay close attention to their ancestors and respect their ancestors. The so-called peace of mind is that people are born from the earth and return to the earth. Choose a place surrounded by mountains and rivers, with beautiful mountains and clear waters, and spiritual energy. Place the bones of ancestors in a centralized and lively place, erect a monument, build a tomb, and engrave the names of the ancestors, so that future generations can pay respect to their ancestors, remember their ancestors' virtues, and carry forward the past and the future. This is very important for the ethical construction and social progress of the Chinese people. , its significance and role cannot be underestimated.
Feng Shui stipulates that during the process of burying ancestors, certain rituals must be carried out to express the grief of descendants and show their filial piety.
When building a balcony, certain rituals and procedures must also be followed during major social or life events. Although the regulations of these rituals vary from place to place, they are also practical content and an indispensable part of Feng Shui. Only with these rituals can the implementation of Feng Shui be completed step by step and with etiquette. This also forms a kind of Chinese folk heritage.
Ten: Accumulate virtue. Encourage people to be filial, persuade them to do good, encourage people to make progress, make people happy, and tell people to follow the laws of nature and optimize the natural environment to improve life and society. This is the basic concept and highest goal of Feng Shui.
The ancient Chinese believed that heaven, earth and man are one, and that the human soul is connected with the aura of heaven and earth. Only a beautiful mind can resonate with the beautiful Feng Shui land. Only those with a beautiful mind can get a beautiful Yin and Yang house and receive the auspiciousness and good treatment of the Feng Shui land. On the contrary, people with ugly hearts cannot get the beautiful Yin-Yang House, but can only get the ugly Yin-Yang House, and they will only be punished by the fierceness of Feng Shui. Therefore, Feng Shui attaches great importance to the shaping and purification of the souls of Feng Shui users and earth masters, and attaches great importance to the cultivation and accumulation of morals. Blessings arise from the heart, and the earth is created from the heart.
Feng Shui can change destiny and take away magical power. This is the ancient people's high affirmation of Feng Shui. Feng Shui tells people to comply with the laws of nature, to achieve harmony between man and nature, and to optimize the natural environment. In this way, there will be a good Yin and Yang house, and with the auspicious induction and shade of a good Feng Shui place, you and your descendants will be able to Peace and prosperity means good fortune and prosperity. If every family can obtain a good Feng Shui land and be auspicious, the society will be harmonious because everyone is safe and happy, and the nation will be prosperous because everyone is doing something. Harmony and prosperity are the greatest contributions of Feng Shui to mankind.
Based on the above analysis,
Therefore, it can be said that Chinese Feng Shui is cosmic astral science, astronomy, celestial body movement and orientation, geophysics, geomagnetic orientation, hydrology, geology and landforms Science, environmental landscape science, natural ecological architecture, social ethics, aesthetics, human informatics, meteorology, spatial selection, time selection, folklore, philosophy of life, metaphysics, Yi learning, prediction, yin and yang science, five elements science , Xingqiology, Liqiology, Daily Class Studies, etc. It is a huge comprehensive discipline. This is the crystallization of the great wisdom of the ancient Chinese. This is what our descendants should learn from and inherit and vigorously carry forward.
But it is undeniable that Feng Shui is not omnipotent, and Feng Shui is only a force that affects life (see my article on the role of geography and numerology in life for details). Although Chinese Feng Shui is vast, it is complicated, it is profound, but it is imaginary, it is verifiable, but there is little data, and it is effective, but it has no scientific basis. It still has many limitations. It is broad and boundless, bottomless, difficult to learn, and difficult to understand. Operations are stuck in the past and stagnant. For this reason, I hope that Feng Shui colleagues can abandon their prejudices, while practicing archeology, strive to innovate, keep pace with the times, and constantly enrich, enrich, perfect and improve them. . That’s what you want!