Laozi said: one life two, two lives three, three lives everything. One is the sky, so there will be water one day, one is the earth, the third is what, and the third is water. Translate this sentence of Laozi: Nature is aquatic in heaven and earth, and everything in heaven and earth is aquatic.
Guo Pu, a native of A Jin, said in the ancient book "Buried Classics": "Qi dissipates by the wind, and the boundary water stops. The ancients gathered to make it, but stopped it, so it was called Feng Shui. The method of feng shui, water is the best, followed by Tibetan wind. " Some people think that this is the origin of the word Feng Shui. In fact, Duke Guo has narrowed it down here.
As the name implies, it can be seen how realistic, broad and important China ancient geomantic omen is. Those who regard Feng Shui as a feudal superstition are so one-sided and ignorant.
Later, some people classified Feng Shui as one of the five Taoist techniques, which is wrong. Because in ancient China, not only the so-called Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism were all happy about it, but also politicians, military strategists and educators regarded geomantic geography as knowledge and knowledge that must be mastered. The so-called astronomical geography knows everything, and it is also true that three religions and nine streams know everything. Only later, some gifted wizards introduced Feng Shui into a direction that was too utilitarian and mysterious.
In Modern Chinese Dictionary, the term Feng Shui is defined as: it refers to the geographical situation of residential bases and cemeteries, such as the context and the trend of mountains and rivers. Superstitious people believe that the quality of geomantic omen can affect the rise and fall of families and children.
It can be said that the definition of Feng Shui in Modern Chinese Dictionary is "refers to the geographical situation of residential bases and cemeteries, such as the trend of mountains and rivers", which is one-sided and narrows Feng Shui. The definition of "superstitious people think that the quality of Feng Shui can affect the rise and fall of families and children" is to vilify Feng Shui.
In daily life, the word Feng Shui can be interpreted in two ways. One is in a broad sense, referring to the nearby natural environment such as space, mountains, water and trees. For example, the feng shui here is really good. It is really a treasure trove of feng shui. One is narrow sense, especially yin house (ancestral grave) and yang house (housing). For example, doing feng shui, your feng shui is good, and so on.
In order to facilitate understanding, the term Feng Shui in this paper refers to Feng Shui in a broad sense. In the narrow sense of Feng Shui, the word Yin Yang Jia is directly used.
In ancient times, most of Yang houses and Yin houses, whether official houses or residential houses, nobles or civilians, were contributed 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.
The core idea of geomantic omen is the unity of heaven and man. Take heaven and earth as the object of observation and understanding, people-oriented, people-oriented service purposes. It is real humanistic knowledge.