People often ask me, do you have Feng Shui? I said yes, it definitely makes sense, but you have to understand one truth. The Forbidden City in Beijing, from the Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties to the Ming and Qing Dynasties for eight hundred years, for the sake of Feng Shui, the palace had nine doors. Which door was opened in whichever year the luck was in, so the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams were all for future generations. But look, there were five dynasties in the Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. In each dynasty, sometimes the emperor would become emperor after three or five years. Only two emperors in the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi and Qianlong, were emperors for sixty years. If you understand the imperial palace in Beijing, you will understand Feng Shui. They are all the best in Feng Shui in the world and have studied the Nine Palaces. Is there anything bad about it? But there were still people going up and people coming down.
If you understand the principles of Feng Shui, you should not be too particular about it. The focus is on virtue, not Feng Shui. Therefore, when Chinese people talk about Feng Shui, there is a saying: "One virtue, two destiny, three Feng Shui, four Yin Gong accumulation, and five reading". Feng shui only accounts for one of the five components, so what’s the use? Don't be fooled, the first condition is moral cultivation. This is Chinese culture. Many of your classmates want to study Feng Shui, but don’t be superstitious.
——"Liezi's Hypotheses"
Sometimes Feng Shui is really evil! Don't you believe it? Sometimes it is really effective; but sometimes it is not always the case. We in China regard geography as one virtue, two destiny, three feng shui, four Yin accumulation, and five reading. After you understand this, don't look at Feng Shui and rely on your own efforts for everything.
——"Farewell Lectures on the Book of Changes"