Yijing is the essence of Chinese traditional culture and an important evolutionary achievement of Chinese civilization. Based on the Book of Changes, China has the theory of Feng Shui. This is closely related to the unity of man and nature, the right time, place and people that China has long advocated, and is both a shining pearl in the treasure house of China's cultural heritage.
In the relevant discussions of the Book of Changes, Feng Shui ranks third, and the first two are fate and fortune.
The so-called fate refers to human numerology, while the so-called luck refers specifically to fortune. The former refers to the innate conditions of human beings, while the latter refers to the acquired growth environment and individual subjective initiative.
The reason why we say that Feng Shui is an important part of Chinese culture is because Feng Shui seems to be a kind of metaphysics, but in fact, it is a science that advocates harmonious coexistence between man and nature, respects objective laws, and exerts subjective initiative.
Of course, the mature Feng Shui theory also includes but is not limited to humanities , sociology, astronomy and mathematics, etc.
In China, from the emperor, important officials of the court, to ordinary people, a large number of people believe in Feng Shui theory.
Since modern times, people in Hong Kong, China are more willing to believe in Feng Shui than the mainland, and follow the instructions of relevant Feng Shui experts, which we often call Feng Shui master to accumulate virtue and do good deeds.
Today, what we are going to tell about is such a legendary and widely respected Hong Kong Feng Shui master. His name is Cai Boli .
Cai Boli was born at the beginning of the last century and passed away in 2018. His life has made outstanding contributions to the spread of the excellent Chinese culture.
Born in Shunde, Guangdong Province, Cai Boli has been lively and active since childhood and is full of curiosity about many things.
But unlike other boys, although Cai Boli is active, he is not naughty. He is very well-behaved and has followed his parents' teachings since he was a child.
Speaking of Cai Boli, we have to mention that his grandfather was also a court official in the Guangxu period. The position held by his grandfather was Yintianjian , which was closely related to Feng Shui. Moreover, as early as the Guangxu period, his grandfather could use paper and pen to calculate the laws of natural celestial phenomena.
After the Qing Dynasty in China and the feudal society were overthrown by the revolution, his grandfather founded his own brand in Guangdong called "Zhenbutang". Based on this, he worked hard to study Feng Shui, astronomy, and calendar, and wrote many related books. Of course, his father also inherited his grandfather's mantle well.
As mentioned in the previous article, Cai Boli has been particularly obedient since he was a child, but he has his own firm will in the matter of following his father to learn Feng Shui and . At that time, in his opinion, Feng Shui was a feudal superstition and was not desirable.
Plus, because of his superior family background, Cai Boli was able to receive a good education since he was a child. In this process, he also learned some Western ideas at that time. Therefore, in his opinion, there is only one way to save the country and the people, that is, to study abroad, return to China after successful studies, and establish a factory, so as to let China embark on the road of industrialization.
Therefore, he particularly resisted learning Feng Shui knowledge and was unwilling to have any communication with his father on this issue.
At that time, Cai Boli believed that he had gone abroad to study after junior high school. However, the situation was far from as smooth as Cai Boli thought.
With the sudden outbreak of Anti-Japanese War , it disrupted Cai Boli's entire study plan. Not to mention studying abroad, even in China, there is no way to complete his junior high school studies. During the period of safety, the school has been completely closed, and Cai Boli can only stay at home.
During the period of time at home, there were still some things to think about at the beginning, but over time, I had no books to read and my studies were basically abandoned. I could only sit at the door and wait and watch the pedestrians coming and going every day. His father saw it and felt pain in his heart.
At the beginning, Cai Boli decisively rejected his father's proposal to let him learn Feng Shui and was unwilling to inherit the family's career. Now the situation is different, and his father once again tried to communicate with Cai Boli about this matter.
Watching the war continue day by day, in order to survive in the future, there must be a technology in it, so this time Cai Boli reluctantly agreed.
Father began to systematically hand over the relevant theoretical knowledge he had learned and the practical experience and cases accumulated over the years of operation of the "Zhenbutang".
Cai Boli felt very boring at first, but as he deepened his learning, he became more and more interested in Feng Shui subjects.
says that interest is the best teacher, which is fully reflected in Cai Boli. When he discovered that through relevant knowledge, he could accurately calculate many things and understand many life philosophy, and his state of mind gradually opened and released, he began to fall in love with Feng Shui.
After that, my father's knowledge could no longer satisfy his desire for Feng Shui, so Cai Boli decided to become a disciple and expand his subject abilities.
He successively worshipped the famous mathematician Zhang Zhaosi and the famous astronomer Zhang Yun, and began his own exploration of Feng Shui.
In fact, now let’s think about it now. These two people play a crucial role in comprehensively improving Cai Boli’s Feng Shui level.
When a subject containing solid natural science knowledge related content is added, Feng Shui has its own solid, objective and strong theoretical foundation, which is very important for Cai Boli's future learning path.
After the end of the Anti-Japanese War , Cai Boli moved to Hong Kong, preparing to seek to promote his own Feng Shui in this open city.
He particularly likes reading books. From childhood to adulthood, regardless of winter or summer, he insists on reading books in Feng Shui and related disciplines every day, and finally wrote a famous Feng Shui book " Tongsheng " with sales of more than 1 million copies.
This book gives more people the opportunity to understand what real Feng Shui is. It helps the public to comprehensively and in-depth understand China's excellent traditional culture on the basis of removing the dross and taking the essence.
At the same time, because of the best-selling of this book, Cai Boli became famous and became one of the top Feng Shui masters in Hong Kong. Many tycoons and actors came to him to see Feng Shui.
If you build new high-rise buildings, explore new career areas, and select a site for relocating graves and burials, Cai Boli needs to lie and take care of it.
The well-known richest man in China Li Ka-shing That year, he chose a piece of land in Central and wanted to build the building of the Yangtze River Business Group, which was the Feng Shui that Cai Boli looked at.
In view of the situation in front, back and left and right areas selected by Li Ka-shing, Cai Boli gave his own plan, with a height limit of 62 floors and a shield-shaped appearance. As it turns out, after the building was built, Li Ka-shing's career went smoothly.
A few years later, Li Ka-shing found Cai Boli again. This time he chose a site for his wife to bury him, but this was not the grave site after Li Ka-shing's wife Zhuang Mingyue died, but the second site was chosen. What's going on?
On January 1, 1991, Li Ka-shing's wife Zhuang Mingyue suddenly passed away due to a heart attack, which made Li Ka-shing very sad.
later chose a cemetery for his wife to be buried. Unexpectedly, 16 years later, his wife's grave was actually robbed by tomb robbers.
So, Li Ka-shing hopes to choose another piece of land so that his wife can really be buried.
At the beginning, he did not expect Cai Boli to do this. Later, Cai Boli's words moved Li Ka-shing, and Li Ka-shing finally paid 2 million yuan for this grave relocation.
A few years later, the famous Hong Kong rich man Ho Ying-Tong passed away. The work of choosing the date of burial, arranging the address of burial and related matters was also handed over to Cai Boli. In this regard, Cai Boli was dedicated to this and received praise from the families of the deceased and the whole society.
In the previous article, we mentioned that in order to select a site for his deceased wife to move her grave, Li Ka-shing gave Cai Boli 2 million yuan. But in fact, Cai Boli did not leave any of the money, and donated it to the Hong Kong charity at that time.
Shortly after this incident, Cai Boli also established a charity foundation himself, not only donating most of his savings, but also raising donations everywhere, with the purpose of helping people in difficulties in life.
Cai Boli has also received a lot of praise for this and has won the Star Mark of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government Measures and the title of Honorary Citizen of Foshan City, Guangdong Province. But all this did not make Cai Boli particularly excited. People can still see him in his later years and worry every day.
It turns out that he was worried about the issue that no one would inherit his career. As I grow older, whether it is "Zhenbutang", the intangible cultural heritage of Guangdong Province, or my own subject knowledge and experience, someone must inherit it.
But not long after, he found a talent who was very suitable for this job, that is his daughter, Cai Xinghua, the current Feng Shui master.
Cai Xinghua was influenced by his father since he was a child and was particularly interested in Feng Shui. Fortunately, she is also very talented and she is also very diligent.
Cai Xinghua
So, Cai Boli handed over all the things he learned throughout his life, like his father taught him, to his daughter without reservation, and handed over the business matters of "Zhenbutang" to his daughter, and he slowly lived in seclusion behind the scenes.
A regretful moment has come. On July 26, 2018, Cai Boli unfortunately passed away in the Hong Kong Health Hospital. Before his death, he specifically urged his daughter to inherit the family business and carry forward the cause. After his death, people from all walks of life in Hong Kong also came to pay their respects. In the third year after Cai Boli's death, his close friend, the famous Hong Kong gambling king, died at the age of 98. Originally, the family wanted to be buried as soon as possible, but He Chaoqiong still found Cai Xinghua and asked her to help her see Feng Shui.
Unexpectedly, Cai Xinghua calculated and said that it was not suitable for burial at any time in 2020, and gave his own suggestions: burial on May 30, 2021.
This made Stanley Ho's family very embarrassed, because they all hoped that Stanley Ho could be buried as soon as possible, and did not want to put the body in Yizhuang for a long time.
Cai Xinghua
However, everyone understands Cai Xinghua's professionalism in Feng Shui, and respects and trusts his father and the entire Cai family. In the end, he followed Cai Xinghua's advice and buried Stanley Ho's body after waiting for a year.
We are not clear about the reason behind Cai Xinghua's conclusion. This may be related to the season and climate of that year, or to the environment around the burial place. In short, this is the mystery of Feng Shui and it is also fascinating.
No matter what, the Feng Shui theory based on the Book of Changes is an integral part of China's excellent traditional culture. We must look at this subject rationally and objectively. We must remove the dross and take the essence, and use this discipline to sublimate the relationship with nature and achieve ultimate harmony and integration.
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