With the increasing number of foreign cultural exchanges, Kanyu scholarship has gradually spread across the oceans and spread overseas, not only affecting neighboring countries, but also spreading out of Asia and influencing some European and American countries.
Kanyu is commonly known as Feng Shui and has always had mixed reviews. Praisers believe that Kanyu is the crystallization of the wisdom and experience of the ancients, and is a systematic theory that integrates geology, ecology, landscape, architecture, psychology, and aesthetics. Detractors believe that Kanyu is a chaotic, mysterious and mysterious school.
In foreign countries, there are also mixed reviews for Kanyu scholarship. Praisers believe that for the world, China's Feng Shui is not only a science of choosing good or bad geographical locations, but also a comprehensive theory of yin and yang creative thinking in classical Chinese philosophy, which should be paid attention to. Detractors believe that Chinese "feng shui" has always been "mysterious", that is, it is unreliable knowledge.
In 1583 (the eleventh year of Wanli of Ming Shenzong), Italian missionary Matteo Ricci came to China. He was the first Western scholar to study Chinese classics and the first European to write an article about China's "feng shui". Matteo Ricci criticized "Feng Shui": "In the (Chinese) imagination, family, honor, and even the security of existence itself must be based on some trivial matters: such as whether a door opens from the inside or the outside, whether raindrops fall into the courtyard from the left or the right, which room has a higher roof? Is there anything more absurd than this?"
Absurd, indeed absurd, but the absurd is not the Feng Shui itself, but the people who do not understand the Feng Shui. Because this foreigner has no systematic understanding of Chinese culture at all. He is as ignorant and ridiculous as a Feng Shui master who shows foreigners a house with a copy of "The Burial Sutra". He has a one-sided understanding and thinks he is complacent.
Feng Shui originated in China, but it also has a certain influence on the Western world.
Singaporean scholar Yi Changlin Lipu said in the book "Feng Shui": "Feng Shui is a major cultural phenomenon that China is famous for, and Feng Shui is the essence of ancient architectural theory." Malaysia Like Singapore, it is Chinese people who spread Feng Shui.
Academician of the Royal Academy of Sciences and a famous expert on the history of science and technology Joseph Needham said: "Feng Shui is a quasi-science." This kind of statement objectively reflects the scientific side of Kanyu.
National Geographic defines Feng Shui as: Feng Shui is a method of balancing yin and yang, improving the flow of chi by arranging furniture, decorations, buildings, and even entire cities in a beneficial way. Feng Shui was originally practiced in China but is slowly being used with more frequency in western cultures as well.
According to sources, after former US President Trump built the "Trump International Hotel and Tower" in New York, business did not go well. He was a bit superstitious about Feng Shui and asked a Feng Shui master to take a look. The Feng Shui master suggested hanging a metal ball in Trump Tower, so he made a huge metal globe. It not only fulfills the requirements of the Feng Shui master, but also expresses his ambition and desire to expand his business to the world. Not to mention, since hanging up this huge metal globe, Trump’s business has grown bigger and bigger, helping him make a lot of money, which has also deepened his superstition.
There is a lot of discussion in Feng Shui circles about this metal globe.
Some masters said: It is like a dragon ball, which can attract dragon energy.
Some experts said: The traffic jam at the entrance of Trump Tower has caused the energy of the building to be inflated. This metal ball can stop the negative energy generated by the traffic flow.
Some masters said: This metal globe is to divert the "negative energy" generated by the dense flow of people in Columbus Circle. The entire building's exterior is made of brown glass to absorb the "negative energy" generated by the evil wind around the building.
's different explanations of the metal globe truly reflect why Kanyu became metaphysics, that is, Kanyu academics were made mystical and demonic, which led to Feng Shui becoming a feudal superstition and accelerating the decline of Feng Shui.
I have always wondered why the masters don’t quote Kan Yu theory to explain? Why do you like to make things mysterious?
According to Kanyu theory, this metal globe only uses two knowledge points of Kanyu academics: one shape and two colors. Trump Tower is rectangular, and the square shape symbolizes stability and stability. The rectangle with five elements belongs to wood. As the saying goes, it is "like a piece of wood", which means it is rigid and inflexible. In addition to stability, doing business also requires speed (goods rotate). Therefore, a round globe was added. The round shape symbolizes easy movement and fast rotation, in order to achieve the effect of stability and speed. The round shape belongs to gold, and gold overcomes wood, and color makes up for it. The whole building is black, and black belongs to water. Round gold grows black water, black water grows square trees, and finally achieves harmonious symbiosis.
Also, after entering the White House , Trump specifically changed the purple curtains to golden yellow because it was said that he lacked earth in the five elements and needed yellow to supplement them.
" Wall Street Journal " once commented, "Feng Shui has a history of more than 2,000 years in China. It is based on Taoist ideas about the unity of nature and man. It is a kind of theoretical and practical knowledge that combines geography, architecture and ethics. The principles of Feng Shui have been applied to the construction and layout of family homes for many years, as well as the orientation of rooms, doors and windows, and the placement of items, so as to better preserve the energy that is beneficial to people."
According to legend, Bill Gates, the world's richest man, believes in Feng Shui. When he came to China, he paid great attention to the lighting and layout of the room he lived in. Bill Gates pays special attention to the architectural layout of his mansion on a hillside in Washington . It is surrounded by mountains and rivers and strives for harmony between the building and the environment.
The Kanyu scholarship accepted by Americans is based on geographical location, color and spatial arrangement. It has no pursuit of mountain topography. It is particularly disgusted with ghost houses and the tossing of the ashes of ancestors. They explore the magnetic field of nature from a purely scientific perspective and consider the comfort of the living environment.
In the eyes of foreigners, the influence of Feng Shui on Kanyu is exactly the original intention of Kanyu, which is reasonable and scientific in nature. It completely abandons the hypocrisy of Fengshui pretending to be a god.
