Feng Shui School Feng Shui has been popular in the long river of Chinese civilization for thousands of years and has gone through five stages; before the Xia and Shang dynasties, the houses lived on the mountain. Xu Yu in the Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period was surr

Feng Shui school

Feng Shui has been popular in the long river of Chinese civilization for thousands of years and has gone through five stages;

Before the Xia and Shang dynasties, they lived on the mountain.

weeks and Xu Yu in the Spring and Autumn Period was surrounded by mountains and rivers.

The mountains during the Qin and Han dynasties, that is, the situation of the Luandou.

Theoretical innovations in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, namely the formation of form and theory.

Theoretical diversion of and later in the Song and Yuan dynasties, that is, the two schools of thought each one follows their own ways.

Ding Ruipu of the Qing Dynasty said in "Feng Shui Repel Confusion" that "the technique of Feng Shui is generally not based on the situation, but the direction is two schools. Those who talk about the situation are now called the lunar body, and those who talk about the direction are now called the ritual. People in the Tang and Song dynasties each had their own sects and had their own sects and established their own ranks, and they were not common." In the late Tang and Song dynasties, there were many Feng Shui sects and chaotic sects, and those who practice Feng Shui skills were of varying quality. Two schools are divided from theory and practice, the situation and the rational style.

In Feng Shui, both the situation school and the pride school, they adhere to the three principles, namely the unity of man and nature, the balance of yin and yang, and the mutual generation and restraint of the five elements.

The vast Feng Shui works are relatively vague about the changes in Feng Shui, and basically ignore the "home hills" in the Xia and Shang dynasties and their previous "home hills". This period is the budding period of Chinese Feng Shui. This is the period when primitive humans came out of the cave, just as described by Mozi , and the period when lying on the mountain, which is recorded in " Huainanzi ". The "home hill" in this period not only chose a piece of land to build a house, but had formed a living culture-------- custom. This primitive custom thus evolved into a major element in Feng Shui - the mountain, that is, the dragon vein.

Western Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period Feng Shui gradually matured, and there were more detailed and standardized steps in Feng Shui operation. "The father of Gu Gong came to the court to take the horse. He led the Western Water Margin to Qixia. He went to the Jiang Nu and Yu came to Xuyu." This is the record in the "Daya·Mian" of . The grandfather of King Wen of moved his country to the bottom of Qishan. After living in peace between Weishui, first of all, settled must have two major elements: mountains and water.

There is also a more exciting and detailed record of Du Gong Liu's investigation of Feng Shui in the Book of Songs:

Du Gong Liu, Yu Xusiyuan. Since the conscience and complexity, when the conscience is perfect, when the conscience is perfect, without ever sighing. The rush is in the turbulence, and the descending is in the original state.

Why do you take it? Wei Yu and Yao, the sword is stolen.

Du Gong Liu, he passed away hundreds of springs. When I looked at the Puyuan, I climbed the southern hill. Then he visited the capital, the wilderness of the capital.

is everywhere, travels in time, speaks in time, and speaks in time.

Dugong Liu, Yu Jingsiyi. I staggered and asked for a banquet. After he climbed up, he followed him and built his throne.

hold the pig in the prison and use it as a slap. If you eat, drink it, the king will follow it.

Dugong Liu, both pu and thriving. After the scenery is the hill, we can compare the yin and yang, and observe the flowing spring. The army is single and the land is clear.

Through the fields to make grain and save the sunset. Fengju Yunhuang.

Dugong Liu, at the Binsi Pavilion. When you encounter the Wei Dynasty, you will be in chaos. You will be able to use severe and forge, and stop the foundation and be rational. There are so many people who have it, and they are sandwiched between the imperial stream.

goes through the stream. It was secret that the journey was finally secret, and Rui Shi was about to come. The text of

actually records the process and steps of Zu Gong Liu's investigation of Feng Shui; first of all, Xu, that is, to survey this field, which determines a large geographical range, and then conducts a specific survey within this area.

is on the shore, and then climb up the top of the mountain and look around this area. This is looking for the dragon. To find a dragon, you must stand at the highest prescription to see where and where the dragon comes from. This is to observe the origin and where the dragon goes.

After searching for the dragon, you still have to observe the water, so you will pass by hundreds of springs and see the water source and hydrology.

Then observe the sand, climb the southern hill, meet the yin and yang, meet the celestial land, and meet the sunset, that is, climb the southern mountains and the northern mountains, observe the moistness of the ground, measure the Qinglong and the white tiger, observe the inside and the outside.

Finally, the acupoint is pointed, and the Bin Ju Yunhuang is the one who is in charge. At the Binsi Pavilion. This place is famous and surrounded by mountains and rivers, so a house is built here.

Since Xu Yu has been established into a living custom, he must of course have sacred strength to continue and inherit. This is the charm of culture. When Feng Shui becomes a culture, humanistic culture is produced. This humanistic phenomenon reflects a kind of human geography, namely environmental . Therefore, the early ancestors of mankind left valuable cultural accumulation and spiritual wealth for future generations in understanding the unity of man and nature and grasping the livable environment.

There was a new concept in the history of philosophical thought during the Spring and Autumn Period, which is to be angry. What is angry? "Lüshi Chunqiu·Jichun" says that "the vitality is strong and the yang energy is vented." The vitality is the growth and development of all things and is an element that can rejuvenate vitality.

"Zuo Zhuan" records that Duke Ai of Lu wants to "Xiyi House" method, that is, to add residential buildings to the west. Historians believe that this architectural layout is inappropriate and unlucky. So Duke Ai was furious, and after being advised by other ministers, he gave up the idea of ​​"Xiyi House". During this period, the concept of taboos had appeared in the construction of Yang houses, which is also a record of the Feng Shui of Yang houses------- This is the Five Family Tu House. This is a method of staying in the house based on the relationship between the sound and the five elements of the generation and restraint. The five surnames in the "Yuan Jing" are the five surnames, namely the five surnames, "Those who say the five surnames are Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng, Yu, etc., all things in the world are all matched with them, and good or bad behavior is based on this method." The five elements corresponding to the five sounds are: the five elements of Shang are metal and belong to the west; the five elements of Zheng are fire and belong to the south; the five elements of the horn are wood and belong to the east; the five elements of the palace are earth and belong to the central palace; the five elements of Yu are water and belong to the north.

"Tuzhai Shu" also records: "The door of the merchant family should not be facing south, and the door of the merchant should not be facing north. Then Shang metal. The fire in the south is also fire, and water in the north is water. Water overcomes fire, fire extinguishes metal, and the energy of the five elements does not meet each other. Therefore, the door of the house of the five surnames has the right direction, the direction is suitable for each other, the direction is suitable for each other, wealth and honor are prosperous, the direction is lost, the poverty and humble are declining, and the direction is destined to be depleted." This is to determine the direction of the door according to the generation and restraint of the five elements.

The Feng Shui technique in the Qin and Han dynasties has changed greatly compared to before. First, the system has been formed in theory, and second, the operation has a more accurate survey form. The great development of Feng Shui in the Qin Dynasty was related to the society at that time. After the great unification of Qin Shihuang , there were five major tours. These five major tours created the dragon vein, which was the theory of earth qi in the Qin Dynasty and later Feng Shui.

The second year after the Qin unification, Qin Shihuang began his first western tour, passing through western Ningxia, eastern Gansu, through Longxi, Gansu to the north of Longxi, Longxi, in this area, there are huge branches of Kunlun Mountain and Qinling Mountains, and the Wei River runs through it, and many mountains are divided into it. Follow Jingshui to the north and go to each county, exit Jitou Mountain and return to the middle, enter Longxi County , and then follow the Wei River to Xianyang . This is the mountains and water in the northwest.

The second time was the Eastern Tour in the 28th year of Qin Shihuang. First we went to Zouze Mountain (south of Zou County, Shandong), and then went to , Taishan , which determined the status of the Five Mountains of Mount Tai. It is located northeast to the east of Bohai Bay, and climb Zhifu Island in Shandong. Then head south to Langya Mountain, which is the easternmost place. Qin Shihuang also built Langya Terrace on the mountain to conquer the east. From Langya to Pengzhou, today's Xuzhou . Go southwest to Huai River to Hengshan, Hunan, and finally return to Xianyang from Shangxian, Shaanxi. This time I toured the Taishan Mountains and the Nanyue Hengshan Mountains, experienced the Yellow River outlet, and passed through the Huai River Basin.

The third time in the 29th year of Qin Shihuang was also the Eastern Tour. From Henan to go east, then to Zhifu Island, south to Langya, then back, and then back to Xianyang through Shangdang, Shanxi. This time, we toured the Taihang Mountains branch in Henan and Shanxi, and also contacted some parts of the Yellow River Basin.

In the 32nd year of Qin Shihuang, he made his fourth tour, going to the east and north. From Leting, Hebei to the northern border, walk through the many passes of Guanshan and Yinshan Mountains. The terrain was surveyed for the construction of Great Wall .
In the 37th year of Qin Shihuang, he went on a fifth tour, going to the southeast and east.From Henan to Hubei, along the Yangtze River, east of Kuaiji , to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, and then north of the coast to Laizhou, Shandong, and returned to Xianyang from Laizhou west. On the way, he died of illness at sand dune (now Handan, Hebei). This trip learned about the water outlet of the Yangtze River in the southeast, as well as the landscape situation in the central area of ​​ and the southeast.

After discovering Jinling on the fifth southern tour, Qin Shihuang ordered the digging of mountains and digging the dragon vein in Jinling to cut off the dragon vein in Jinling. Therefore, several subsequent dynasties could not die. This is the best Feng Shui case that Qin Shihuang had made in a deep understanding of the earth energy in Feng Shui, namely, dragon vein .
Qin Shihuang’s five tours were actually an activity to survey the dragon veins, so Qin Shihuang also said that he was called the “Dragon Ancestor”. Kunlun Mountains , Qinling Mountains, Taihang Mountains, Yinshan Mountains, Weishui, Huai River, Yangtze River, and Yellow River. These are several large mountain ranges and water systems in China. Mountains are dragons and waters are the blood vessels of dragons. The Yangtze River, the estuary and birthplace of the Yellow River, is the dragon's drinking water mouth. Based on the mountainous situation in the north and northeast, Qin Shihuang carried out a large-scale integration and construction of the old Great Wall of the pre-Qin period, connecting it into a winding dragon from west to east.
Determining the capital of Xianyang is also a decision made from Feng Shui. Xianyang is the central part of the Guanzhong Plain. It is south of the mountains such as Jiujiushan and north of the Wei River. It is a place surrounded by mountains and waters and gathered with royal energy.

Earth energy not only affects the Yang house, but also determines the good or bad luck of the Yin house. It is also very particular about the yin house. The tomb of the Qin people faces westward. One reason is that the birthplace of the Qin people's ancestors is in the west, and the other reason is that there are Kunlun and Qinling dragon veins in the west, which are called the head-rest dragon veins.
Han , especially Han , Feng Shui has further developed unprecedentedly. During this period, I had a relatively accurate understanding of the concept of geography, and a number of books and maps that elaborate on geography have appeared one after another. "Er Ya" includes "Shidi", "Shiqiu", "Shishan", and "Shishui", which all explain geographical phenomena, such as "The wetness is called celestial, the vast wilderness is called Ping, the vast plain is called wild, the high flat is called Lu, the continent is called Fu, the great hill is called Ling, and the great hill is called A." "Topographic Map", " Garage Map ", "City Map", etc. The pictures can clearly indicate mountains, clusters, peaks, valleys, and rivers, and these annotations are relatively accurate. Although there are these scientific basis, the Feng Shui technique of the Han Dynasty included superstitious elements such as witchcraft in its operation.
Emperor Wu of Han is a typical Feng Shui fan. Sima Qian is afraid of the safety of the country and the country. Therefore, in his "Records of the Grand Historian: Biography of the Sun", he only records that Emperor Wu of Han summoned all Feng Shui masters to divine and ask about geography. However, the Feng Shui incident was not mentioned at all in "Records of the Grand Historian", but there was still an incident of flesh and blood tragic death.
The most outstanding and most contributing scholar also appeared in the Han Dynasty - Dong Zhongshu . He integrated the religious view of heaven and yin and yang since the pre-Qin period, as well as the theory of Five Elements, absorbed the ideas of Legalism, Taoist , and Yin and yang , and established a new academic system - the theory of yin and yang 5 elements. In his famous "Countermeasures for the Selection of Virtues", the views of "the response of heaven and man" and "the great origin of Tao comes from heaven". "The great origin of heaven and man" is the view of the unity of heaven and man, and "the great origin of Tao comes from heaven" is a natural environment that includes heaven and earth, and the natural environment is Feng Shui.
Dong Zhongshu said in his "Spring and Autumn Blossom Dew·The Meaning of the Five Elements", "The Earth is the master of the Five Elements. The master of the Five Elements is the earth spirit, just like the sweet and fatty five flavors, which must be accomplished." " Yijing " said: "The earth is Kun, and a gentleman carries things with virtue." " Interpretation of Names " said: "Kun is the perfect one." Why is the land smooth? It turns out that the earth has qi to guide and smoothly. Because the earth has qi and meridians, it is the master of the five elements, that is, because the mountain has qi and meridians. How does the earth have qi? "White Tiger Tong·Five Elements" says: "The earth is in the center, and the center is earth. Earth is the main source of spitting and containing all things, and earth is the word "spraying and spitting... Earth is a different name for earth, and it is the most respected compared to the five elements." In the "Book of Changes", Qian is Yang, Kun is Yin, Yin is the mother nature, and the earth can spit out all things."The Meaning of the Five Elements in Spring and Autumn" is a profound explanation of Yin and Yang and Five Elements, and incorporates Yin and Yang and Five Elements into Feng Shui techniques to form a systematic theoretical system of Feng Shui techniques in the Han Dynasty.
Feng Shui has developed and improved unprecedentedly in the Jin Dynasty. The most outstanding representative Feng Shui is Guo Pu . Guo Pu mainly created a series of techniques such as finding dragons, pointing acupoints, observing sand, and observing water based on the Feng Shui techniques of the Qin and Han Dynasties, and integrated them into the theory of Yin and Yang and Five Elements. The Feng Shui of Yang House and Yin House is fully expressed in the identification, and the relationship between mountains and water is vividly explained in detail. The core is the two points of hiding wind and qi.
"The burial is to ride on the vitality. The qi of yin and yang exhales and becomes wind, rises and becomes cloud, falls and becomes rain, and moves into the earth and becomes vitality; the qi flows into the earth and produces all things. People receive their bodies from their parents, and their original bones receive qi, and the body receives shade. Those who live, the gathering of qi, condenses into bones, and dies and stay alone. Therefore, those who are buried are opposite to the qi and receive bones to shade. "
"The qi will disperse when it rides on the wind, and stop when it flows. The ancients gather and stop when it moves, so it is called Feng Shui. The method of Feng Shui is the best, and the wind is second to hiding."
This is a detailed explanation of qi. Qi is the core of Feng Shui, and it is also the natural field of the entire universe, and the universe is a huge aura. Qi is in a reverse way, and it is in a bad way, and it is in a good way, and it is in a strong way, just like the influence of the climate in spring, summer, autumn and winter on trees. Whether it is Yang house or Yin house, you must follow the aura of the geographical environment you choose. The Feng Shui technique of the Jin Dynasty was based on this theory of Qi. Therefore, Guo Pu's book " Burial Book " is called the originator of Chinese Feng Shui. The Western Jin period was the period when Chinese Feng Shui was developed to its most perfection.
There was no theoretical progress in Feng Shui during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but Feng Shui theory was the most complicated and complicated period and the most Feng Shui works were written. There are more than a dozen works on Yinzhai and Yangzhai in "Sui Shu·Jingji", but most of them are without a signed author, and the source is indecisive, which shows that it is a bit messy. His main works include "Topographic Records" and "Five Surnames Tushanlong". The Feng Shui theory of this period was mainly based on the principles of the five elements, and based on the principle of "Five Songs and Surnames" to select places and houses.
There are many works in in the Tang Dynasty, and typical works include more than 20 home scriptures, including "The Emperor's House Sutra" and "Lu Cai's House Sutra". He put forward the view that there are five virtual and five reals in the house, "There are five virtuals in the house, which make people poor and consume, and the five reals are rich and noble." One is empty; if the house is big and there are few people, it is easy to cause people to lose. Second, the door of the house is too big and the inner room is too small, just like a dwarf with a big mouth and a slim figure, asymmetrical. Three emptinesses; the courtyard wall is incomplete and damaged, which means that the person is lazy. Four empty; the well and the stove are far apart, which is inconvenient. Five empty things; the yard is large and the houses are few, which means that the population is not prosperous. One real thing; if the house is small, there are many people, the population will be prosperous. Two realities: the house is small, gathers energy and wealth, and has a wealthy family. Three realities; the walls and courtyards are complete and the people are of high quality. Four realities; small houses and many animals, and people are hardworking. Five realities; when the water goes southeast, wealth is abundant.
This period was missing the view of "Wuyins's surname" and added some standards for the good and bad luck of the house and the location selection, such as "the four corners of the city walls, the fire burning, the water rushing, the salty and alkaline place, the cultivation place, the onion and leek, and the grain place are all unlimited and can cause death."
: "Where you have a high water flowing southeast, you will live in a wealthy place and be suitable for your descendants" and other locations.
Due to the complexity of Feng Shui theory in the Tang Dynasty, some geography scholars followed the ancient principle of relying on mountains and rivers, that is, they attached importance to the natural harmony between mountains and waters, and chose a geographical environment with beautiful mountains and rivers to achieve the effect of unity between man and nature and outstanding people and spiritual land. Based on the mountains and rivers, the theory of form and law was formed, that is, the form and law school, which is mainly used for site selection.
, while another part of the geomancers integrates yin and yang, Bagua, Heluo , zodiac signs, celestial stars and Tianzhen Earthly Branches and other mathematics to use this as a means to quantify geographical orientation. This kind of quantification is very complex, detailed, and difficult and profound, so the theory of theory, that is, the theory of theory, which is mainly used to determine the orientation and pattern of the Yin and Yang house.

Feng Shui since the Song Dynasty basically follows the two major factions, the situation school and the rational school. But both of the situation school and the ritual school follow the core of Feng Shui, that is, Qi.

The situation school talks about the vitality and spiritual energy of the earth. Qi is the inner composition of the shape, and the shape is the external manifestation of the qi. The auspicious shape of the Qi must be beautiful, dignified, round and quiet; the auspicious shape of the Qi must be rough, stubborn, crooked and broken. It emphasizes the unchanging pattern of the geographical environment, but ignores that the air flows with different time periods.

The situation school originated from Ganzhou Yang Yunsong , Zeng Weng , Lai Wenjun and others. The situation school is based on the direction of dragon, cave, sand, and water to discuss good and bad luck.

polite style and talk about directional energy, and pay attention to the combination of sand and water and directional. It emphasizes the changes in good and bad luck of the geographical environment over different time periods, which is in line with the law of feng shui rotation. However, the influence of form and size on the good or bad degree of pattern is ignored.

Physical style originated from southern Fujian, represented by Wang Ji, Chen Tuan and others. The principles and qi styles are used to analyze and judge the good or bad luck of the Yin-Yang house based on the mountain direction of the Yin-Yang house, the eight trigrams and the five elements of the generation and restraint.

The situation and principles have their own strengths and weaknesses. Then we should learn from each other's strengths and make up for our weaknesses and use them comprehensively. This is the perfect Feng Shui technique. However, after the Song Dynasty, the geeks were self-confidence and attacked each other. The two factions became more and more farther and farther, so that the later generations were at a loss. Many small sects were derived from each faction, which were chaotic, resulting in chaos in the Feng Shui academic community.