So, what is Feng Shui? Let's go to the Feng Shui Knowledge Encyclopedia with Dr. Zheng!
1, geomantic theory
Seeking good fortune and avoiding evil is the basic factor in the formation and development of geomantic omen. In the long historical activities, Feng Shui is deeply influenced by various social knowledge and factors. The main factors influencing the formation of Feng Shui theory are Yi (the Book of Changes, with the Book of Changes as the main body, is the earliest masterpiece full of philosophical thoughts in China, a classic work of Confucianism), Confucianism (advocating that the sky remains unchanged, the earth remains unchanged, and the Tao remains unchanged), Taoism (advocating the unity of form and spirit, keeping form with spirit, and nourishing spirit with form), and Taoism.
Everything originates from heaven and earth, that is, people and all living things are the products of the interaction between heaven and earth. "Tai Chi gives birth to two instruments, two instruments give birth to four elephants, four elephants give birth to eight diagrams, and eight diagrams overlap into sixty-four hexagrams". Tai Chi is the primitive state, two instruments are heaven and earth, four images are the sun, lunar, shaoyang, shaoyin and gossip are eight directions. This is a simple philosophy, that is, everything in the universe has the same information, the same program and the corresponding rhythm. The unified field of the universe. This is the unity of heaven, earth and people.
Saints are also for feng shui. Guo Pu, a master of geomantic omen, defined it this way: "Qi is dispersed by the wind, and the boundary water stops. The ancients gathered to make it last forever, and the deeds stopped, so it was called Feng Shui. " "Kan" means "investigation", which means investigation; "Yu" originally refers to the carriage, which means load, and is cited as territory and tunnel. Therefore, Kanyu means physiognomy and divination. Dr. Zheng thinks this definition is wonderful. Because it is the sky, geography is the tunnel, and honesty is the way of heaven and earth, so it has a high status. Honesty is the body, feng shui is the use.
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Kan, the meaning of mutation, represents the word "terrain"; Metaphor, "inheriting metaphor" means studying topography and landforms, focusing on describing landforms.
"Historical Records" juxtaposes the Kanyujia family with the Wuxing family, with the original intention of looking up at the sky and overlooking the mountains, rivers and water conservancy. Later generations called it "the home of geomancy", so "geomancy" was also called "geomancy" by the people. However, it may be said that "Kanyu" is not only about Feng Shui, but should be divided into five parts: Luo Luo, day classes, metaphysics, burial methods and physique.
3. Looking for dragons and acupoints
It is said that the acupoint field that can hide the wind and accept the gas is the most valuable. However, it is believed that the wind is swaying, and if the gas travels with the wind, it will swim with it; Water-based convergence, gas can condense when it meets water. Therefore, people who are buried must carefully observe Feng Shui, so people who pay attention to heaven and earth and seek dragons and caves are also called "Feng Shui masters". On the other hand, the wind belongs to Yang and the water belongs to Yin. Feng shui attaches great importance to the qi of yin and yang, and it is called "Feng Shui" because it is expensive to hide the wind and gather qi.
4. Geography
Feng shui or feng shui or geography. In the Book of Changes, "Looking up at astronomy, looking down at geography." But the so-called geography is different from foreign geography. Chatterley, a westerner, once defined the so-called geography of China in this way. He said, "This is the art of making the living and the dead live in harmony with the atmosphere in the universe." However, replacing "Kanyu" with "geography" has the disadvantage of generalizing the whole, while ignoring the close relationship between Tianxing and Kanyu.