There are many schools of geomantic omen in China, but most of them combine the principle of situation and harmony, and each has its own emphasis. At present, there are six schools of Feng Shui in China: Bazhai School, Yangzhai Sanyi School, Sanhe School, Sanyuan School, Bai Zi Xing Fei School and Bagua School.
How is the split between situational school and rational style formed?
In the long process of development, the specific application of China Feng Shui is mostly based on the principle of Qi to match the situation. Until the Tang and Song Dynasties, the rich practical experience and increasingly complex theory and operation mode of Feng Shui made it difficult for Feng Shui experts to take care of both sides, which required schools. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, marked by Yang Junsong's entry into Jiangxi, Jiangxi School gradually rose, and there was a trend of factional differentiation in the field of geomantic omen.
Wang Yi's "Qingyan Lu Cong" describes the general origin of the two schools: "There are two kinds of people who talk about geography in later generations: the method of worshipping temples once a day began in central Fujian, and its origin was far away, but it was only a big trip in Song Dynasty. It is said that the main star divines, the yang mountain is the yang gate, the yin mountain is the yin direction, there is no good or evil, pure gossip and five stars, so as to determine the principle of life and grams. Its knowledge was spread from Zhejiang to Zhejiang, but it is very fresh now. "One-day method in Jiangxi" originated from Zeng Wendi, Xie and others who were particularly proficient in reading in Jiangxi. It is said that it depends on the situation, where it is, where it stops, focusing on the collocation of dragons, caves, sand and water, regardless of other taboos. Its learning is popular today, and it is followed by the whole country. "
In Song Dynasty, China ancient geomantic omen finally formed two schools: Situational School and Rational School. The pattern of this genre has continued to the later generations, so that Ding Ruipu said in "Feng Shui Dispelling Confusion": "Feng Shui can't tell the situation and orientation."