"Feng Shui is not a science, but a superstition"-this simple way of thinking is really undesirable. Science and non-science are two major knowledge systems of human society. Culture, art and philosophy are all non-science. Are they superstitious? Obviously, critics confuse the concepts of non-science and pseudoscience. Feng Shui includes three parts: scientific knowledge, traditional culture and belief, so it must not be generalized. Feng Shui belief, which accounts for a large proportion in these three parts, has been ignored by many people. Many feng shui practitioners try to predict feng shui or exaggerate the scientific knowledge contained in feng shui in the myth of Yijing, so they are caught in the quagmire of arguing with feng shui superstition. Through the study of Feng Shui belief, the author reveals the deep connotation of China people's views on nature, life and fate, family and so on, and will do further research in these aspects in the future.
I recently read this article on the Internet-"Feng Shui can't be the belief of officials"-
The day before yesterday, several tourists came to the Hanging Coffin Valley in Yangshao Grand Canyon Scenic Area, Mianchi County, Sanmenxia City, and burned paper and bowed down in front of a hanging coffin. Stopped by the scenic spot personnel, they admitted that they actually wanted to "by going up one flight of stairs" in their official career, because these hanging coffins "rose" in mid-air, which is the homonym of "promotion", hoping to make their official career prosperous through paying homage. This is not a mockery of April Fool's Day, but a true story of another official. Want to be promoted, not from their own efforts, but hope in the ethereal so-called Feng Shui, which not only reflects the general lack of official belief, but also gives us a perspective of official rules. Officials don't believe in science and believe in Feng Shui, which shows the lack of faith. Because they don't believe it, they are superstitious. In temples, Taoist temples and even wild temples, you can always see the pious eyes of officials when they bow down; "Daxian", a monk who gives tourists a visit and guides Feng Shui, will never lack guests. For example, Yang Hong, secretary of the county party Committee of Lingshi County, Shanxi Province, renamed the famous gypsum mountain "gypsum mountain" for promotion; The Land and Resources Bureau of Yiyang City, Henan Province has built a "Feng Shui Building" with huge gossip embedded in it. The connection between officials and geomantic omen is endless. Officials are superstitious, but in fact they just regard monsters as a supernatural force that can be bought. As long as you throw out a large sum of money, the other party will do things for you, so that you can turn the corner and have a smooth career. The superstition of officials also means that they believe that their fate can be predicted and changed through some strange technical operations. )
These hanging coffins have nothing to do with real feng shui. Even if you burn incense and worship God for promotion, it is understandable, just as soldiers who don't want to be generals are not good soldiers and officials who don't want to be big officials are not good officials. Wenchang believes in orthodox geomantic omen, respecting culture and education, and praying for smooth studies and career. Don't always confuse the concepts of Feng Shui with corruption and ignorance. There is not only science but also superstition in this world, and science is not omnipotent. It is precisely the author's lack of faith.
Nowadays, people's research on Feng Shui is often superficial and lively, and Feng Shui is very popular. The quality of Feng Shui practitioners is different, which reflects the shallowness and quick success of Feng Shui practitioners. Some people fall into the money hole, forget their mission of seeking happiness, avoiding evil spirits and praying for blessings, and only regard watching Feng Shui as a means of making money, which deepens people's misunderstanding that Feng Shui is superstitious.
The traditional culture of China has always discussed what we call social science and natural science as a whole, that is, they always look at things and consider problems from a philosophical perspective. The ancient people's thought of "harmony between man and nature" is the core thought of China's geomantic omen and traditional Chinese medicine. What is "heaven"? Is the essence of the universe. The ancients always thought that the system of this era and our system (including individuals and human society) are both systems, and they are all a system, and they are more willing to study and discover them as a system. Geomantic omen is the knowledge of "harmony between man and nature". Geomantic omen is the practice of the theory of harmony between man and nature. Fear of nature, fear of mountains, rivers and plants, and even love for human society are the nature of Feng Shui believers. Feng Shui is not the only factor that determines a person's fate, but good Feng Shui can create a favorable environment at a favorable time and place, help a kind person in need, change his Feng Shui environment and enhance his life potential. Generally speaking, all sentient beings need a healthy life to assume positive social responsibilities, and they must be helped by positive energy, that is, only correct geomantic omen can achieve complete success. Yang Gong Feng Shui is the forerunner of environmental protection, the rescuer of vulnerable groups and the practitioner of a harmonious society.
Social thought and natural thought belong to the enlightenment thought of modern western Europe, are abstract leading thoughts, and are the laws for human beings to scientifically understand society and nature. Using this knowledge to dominate society and nature has failed to dominate nature. Industrialization has formed a rich society, but it has also caused serious public hazards, environmental problems and resource problems. It shows the phenomenon of repeated pollution and destruction of natural ecology, which is not fully scientifically understood. "geomantic omen theory" and "natural domination thought in modern western Europe" are just opposite ways of thinking. Geomantic omen theory requires people to consider the harmony with the surrounding natural forms and nature when building houses, transforming and utilizing nature in production and life. Man should not dominate nature, but coexist with it. Fengshui theory is also a feasible idea in modern times. Feng Shui belief is a tradition with ecological and environmental awareness. Feng Shui belief is similar to religious belief. Christianity and other religions have developed with the industrialization and urbanization of society. Similarly, Feng Shui belief can develop with the industrialization and urbanization of China. In other words, Feng Shui belief can coexist with modern civilization in China.
In the category of Feng Shui belief, every link once again emphasizes harmony and equality with nature, and maintains respect and care. We can treat the environment like our own limbs. If Feng Shui is our belief, it is not difficult to predict what kind of living environment we should have. The real Feng Shui is to tell us how to make good use of and respect the environment, so as to benefit all things. Feng Shui is an environmental science that advocates nature. Associated with the current social and economic development, in order to pursue political achievements, demolish large buildings, or take pride in attracting investment, the introduction of industrial projects that seriously pollute the ecological environment has caused great environmental damage, which is a heavy price to pay for acting against the laws of nature.
"We must cherish nature more consciously, protect ecology more actively and strive for a new era of socialist ecological civilization." The report of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China puts the construction of ecological civilization in a prominent position. Transforming nature and defeating nature used to be a household slogan, but the increasingly emerging problems in development make us understand that "man can conquer nature" is just a heroic slogan, and to survive, we must protect nature. We emphasize not only protecting nature, but also respecting it. We are more eager to repair the destroyed nature. In the past, we occupied too much and destroyed too much nature. Now, we need to give nature a chance to repair and heal. The report of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposes to establish the concept of ecological civilization, respect nature, conform to nature, protect nature, develop environment-friendly industries, reduce energy and material consumption, protect and repair the ecological environment, develop circular economy and low-carbon technology, and coordinate economic and social development with nature. Let Feng Shui belief play its due role in today's ecological civilization construction.
("Feng Shui can't be an official's belief" original text)-What caused their cognition was the officialdom of hidden rules. In addition to the formal system, there is a new set of rules for the operation of officialdom, which can only be hidden quietly, but everyone understands it. For example, give a red envelope, and you do it. Don't do it if you don't send it. Things vary in size, and red envelopes vary in thickness. This is why officials "bribe" Buddha, seemingly giving him some benefits, and he will be promoted to a higher position and make a fortune more easily. The whole officialdom is like a "gravitational field". If you don't follow this set of rules, naturally someone will follow you, and only people with the same "magnetism" can stay. With "bad money" expelling "good money", who can not abide by this set of rules and concentrate on studying this set of rules? After the unspoken rules are fixed, the promotion of officials is completely in the hands of superiors, and only money is required. The anxiety of waiting for a promotion seems to be temporarily relieved only by worshipping God. No wonder so many officials are keen on Feng Shui. If the people can decide whether the officials will stay or not, maybe they will open the door tomorrow and see the officials waiting for them to be caring and attentive. Therefore, officials are superstitious about Feng Shui on the surface, but actually superstitious about interests. When materialism is learned in their ears, only "materialism" is left. Only by changing the system of selecting officials can this backward official system be eliminated. Only when ordinary people really have votes in their hands can officials realize that the standard for deciding promotion is the number of political achievements, not the number of admirers. )
Liu Yanqiu, the author of this article, seriously criticized officials for criticizing Feng Shui. In fact, his purpose is to sell and advocate "voting democracy." Liu Yanqiu, the author of this article, is extremely insidious and reactionary, and has been accused of inciting epilepsy to ZF. Just as science is not omnipotent, so is voting democracy. "People actually have tickets" will also elect a truly superstitious corrupt official like Chen Shui-bian.
Let's see how an official who really understands Feng Shui can serve as an official and benefit one party. Guanxian (now Dujiangyan City) is a treasure trove of geomantic omen in western Sichuan, with Qingcheng Mountain, Lingyan Mountain and Leiyu Mountain in the northwest standing as barriers and imposing. The Minjiang River runs down for many years, and the southeast region is flat and fertile, with criss-crossing ditches. This place is supposed to be a place with outstanding people and outstanding people, but in the south of the county, mountains and rivers meet and act as a damper. The terrain is low, which hurts Feng Shui. Therefore, in history, the style of writing was sluggish and the literati were poor, and few people were admitted to the imperial examination. In order to make up for the topographical defects and revitalize the local style of writing, a feng shui master suggested building a tall tower in the low-lying area south of the city in the early Ming Dynasty, which looked like the style of writing, so as to promote the geomantic omen of the ancient city. According to them, the people built a stone tower in the south of the city, named "Kuiguang Tower". In ancient times, Kui and Kui were connected in sound and meaning. Kui is the star in charge of Wenchang in the twenty-eight nights in the sky, and is also called Wenquxing by the people. Scholars regard him as a god and pray for the blessing of the top student in high school. Kuiguang Pagoda means the prosperity of the literary movement, the revitalization of the style of writing, and the multiplication of the number of literati. After the completion of Kuiguang Tower, there were 6 Jinshi, 16, and there were many Jinshi. But in the late Ming Dynasty, Kuiguang Tower was destroyed by soldiers. Later, in the early years of Qing Dynasty, guanxian's imperial examination style was weak, and farmers were worried. During the years of Qianlong and Jiaqing, several plans to rebuild the ancient pagoda failed.
In the year of Qing Daoguang 10, Zhou Yinpei, an imperial envoy, became the magistrate of guanxian. Zhou Yinpei was born in a well-known family, full of knowledge, incorruptible as an official, not seeking personal gain, benefiting one party as an official, and proficient in Feng Shui. In order to revitalize the imperial examination and style of writing in this county, shortly after he took office, he called the businessmen and gentlemen of this county to plan the reconstruction of Kuiguang Building, which was approved and supported by the gentry businessmen and raised more than 8 thousand taels of silver in a few months. Because of its age, the old site of the ancient pagoda has long been abandoned and has to be moved. Zhou Yinpei thinks that the Minjiang River, after coming out of the mountain, is like a runaway wild horse, and the water veins spread out in a fan shape on the plain, which dispersed the literary movement in guanxian. Therefore, it is necessary to build a feng shui tower in a suitable place to stop the literary movement. He knows the veins around the earth and observes the sky at night. One day, Zhou Yinpei climbed Leiyushan and looked up to the south of the city. However, in the distance, he saw the fields of Taziba flat and barren, the rice waves rolling, and the spirits of the earth. He rushed to Taziba to find the dragon cave and determine the base address of the tower, ordered people to remove weeds and dig up the soil, and found that it coincided with the ancients. Dig a few feet, it is the tower foundation built by the ancients in the Ming Dynasty, with broken bricks and gravel. Zhou Yinpei personally presided over the reconstruction of the original site of Kuiguang Tower. After more than a year's efforts, a hexagonal brick tower with 17 floors and dense eaves was built. Looking from a distance, Kuiguang Tower is like a beautiful writing style, towering into the sky. Looking from the tower, it is tall and majestic. The plains are full of fertile fields and fragrant rice and wheat, and the peaks of Qingcheng Mountain and the beautiful waters of Minshan Mountain in the northwest have a panoramic view.
Under the influence of Zhou Yinpei, guanxian respected Confucianism and rebuilt the Confucian Temple and Academy successively, which inspired the literati and influenced the people. His style of writing was greatly improved, and there were many candidates for scientific research. Daoguang 16 years, Gao Pukao was a Jinshi, and he was appointed as Chengmai County, Hainan. Daoguang B resigned in the last year and returned to his hometown to raise funds to set up Qingcheng College, so that students from poor families could go to the college. In the seventeenth year of Daoguang, Dong Wenbing was admitted to the top three scholars. In the four years of Tongzhi, Zhou Shengdian was admitted to the top three scholars, and served as the director of the official department of Beijing and the editor of the Hanlin Academy for 33 years. During Guangxu period, Luo, a gifted scholar from guanxian, was admitted to the Imperial Examination for two consecutive years, and later served as Guo Moruo's teacher when he was teaching in Chengdu. Later, famous poet Jia Sihui, Song You singer Dong and water conservancy expert Guan Xingwen appeared, and many officials were appointed to other provinces. There are many scholars and talented people in guanxian. Zhou Yinpei himself has been diligent in writing all his life. His works include Poems and Songs of Rongyin Bookstore and My Random Thoughts on Picking a Pen in Rongyin Bookstore. The people thanked Zhou Yinpei for raising money to build a tower and revitalize the style of writing. Zhou Yinpei was deeply appreciated by the imperial court and supported by the people of guanxian. Later generations built the "Zhougong Temple" next to Kuiguang Tower to commemorate Zhou Yinpei. The tower and the temple set each other off and have been passed down to this day.