Chapter 386: The World Needs China, More Urgently Than China Needs the World!
"Feng Shui culture, which has been developed for thousands of years, is an important part of traditional Chinese culture, which is broad and profound. In modern society, with the continuous destruction of the human living environment, the idea of "harmony between man and the environment" of "harmony between man and nature" emphasized by Chinese feng shui has gradually been accepted by all countries in the world. The negative effects of Western industrialization are becoming more and more severe, and the environmental and energy problems have caused people to reflect on the problems that cannot be solved by relying solely on Western civilization, so they began to look for a way out from Eastern civilization and get useful inspiration from Feng Shui culture. From the society to the individual, the harmony between people and the environment has been fully awakened, and the spread of feng shui culture can meet the needs of social development.
Human beings have a general psychology of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, seeking good fortune and avoiding evil, and at the same time, they also have a strong desire for knowledge and curiosity. People have a natural curiosity about Feng Shui, a culture that can seek advantage and avoid harm, and Chinese Feng Shui can meet this need!"
Wang Zhong said with a smile.
"The world needs China, more urgently and urgently than China needs the world.
- Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Kryukov
If there is only one topic that attracts Western sinologists, it is Feng Shui.
- French sinologist Jacques Le Muinnes
If you don't know Feng Shui, it's inconceivable to have an in-depth understanding of Chinese and East Asian culture.
-- Professor Yin Hongji, University of Auckland, New Zealand
I believe that the 21st century is the century of China, and Japan should strengthen ties with China and work together to promote feng shui culture to the world.
-- Japanese feng shui scholar Shino Watanabe
Western scientists and academics are accustomed to studying reality from an analytical point of view and in relation to individuals. One of the challenges of contemporary evolutionary development is precisely how to understand the development of the world's diversity from a holistic perspective. Traditional Chinese academic thought focuses on the study of wholeness and spontaneity, harmony and synergy.
- Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Prigozhin
Traditional Chinese geography is an academic discipline that regulates the "qi" between man and heaven and earth and makes it harmonious, and it is a living science for ecological people to communicate with the environment.
- Professor Lapina, Moscow State University
"The theory of Chinese feng shui is actually a comprehensive natural science of geography, meteorology, landscape, ecology, urban architecture, and so on. It's very meaningful." "Feng Shui is a blessing to Chinese people in many ways, such as the encouragement to plant trees and bamboos as shelters, and the importance of running water close to the site...... On the whole, I believe that water contains a remarkable aesthetic component, which can be explained by the overwhelming beauty of China's farmlands, houses, and villages."
-- Joseph Needham, the famous British historian of science"
"These people are all leaders in various fields, and they are all big names in popular terms, and they are so optimistic about Feng Shui. Mr. Wang, can you add one more student? I really want to learn Feng Shui from you!"
Weng Meiling looked at Wang Zhong and said jokingly.
"It's so exciting, I didn't expect our country's feng shui to have such a great influence in the world!
"How is it possible, these people are real scholars, including Nobel laureates, in fact, I would like to bribe them, but considering my own net worth, I decisively gave up. Because I found out, I can't afford to bribe!"
Wang Zhong said with a tangled face. It seems that he is really worried about bribery.
"Haha!"
Everyone was immediately amused by Wang Zhong's tangled expression.
Are you the monkey that Tease invited in?
"Although we are proud of what we have achieved today, we also need to have a sense of crisis, and Professor Yoon Hong-gi of the University of Auckland, New Zealand, is a South Korean. He has a deep knowledge of Feng Shui. In 1976, Yoon Hong-ki, who was then working at the University of California, Berkeley, published the English version of the book "Korean Kanyu Research: The Relationship between Feng Shui Culture and Nature". The content of the book covers the theory of yin and yang in ancient China and Feng Shui, the philosophical basis of Feng Shui thought. The topography principles related to Feng Shui, the Feng Shui principles of soil conditions, the Feng Shui principles of water. Feng Shui principles of wind. Some of the chapters introduce the materiality of the relationship between man and nature in Feng Shui, including the impact of Feng Shui on housing and markets, the impact of Feng Shui on cities and tribes, the impact of Feng Shui on vegetation, the influence of man-made mountains, artificial dams, changes in water systems and Feng Shui coordination, and the Feng Shui effects of rural customs, water pollution, cultural landscapes, and so on. Some chapters introduce the non-material aspects of the relationship between man and nature in Feng Shui, such as the expression of wishes in Feng Shui practice, and the relationship between Feng Shui and Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism. Later chapters in the book introduce the principles of Feng Shui and the selection of ideal auspicious locations, as well as the selection of Feng Shui for cities, homestead and cemeteries. These contents are all about the feng shui situation in South Korea, from which we can see the extensive influence of Chinese feng shui in South Korea.
In addition, it is important to mention that Mr. Yoon Hong-gi, who is of Korean descent, has not only conducted in-depth research on the local feng shui in Korea, but also on the origin of Chinese feng shui. In 1980, he published an article entitled "Feng Shui Geographical Perspectives" in the English edition of the Journal of Geoscience, which discussed the three basic concepts of Feng Shui geography, namely the imaginative (witchcrafty), anthropomorphic, and fragile nature of natural landscapes. From the aspects of soil, topography, five directions and the auspicious meaning of the caves, it is proved that the origin of Chinese feng shui geography is from the Loess Plateau. In 1982, Yin Hongji published an article entitled "Environmental Cycle Theory: Early Chinese Feng Shui Thought" in the Journal of Geoscience, in which the author summarized the process of yin and yang qi turning into wind and rain in Guo Pu's "Book of Burial" as "environmental cycle theory", which showed that China's view of organic nature was much more advanced than that of the West.
In general, in East Asia, Korea has the most Feng Shui literature and the level is relatively high. In the 70s of the 20th century, the study of feng shui in Korea has developed considerably, and by the 80s, its feng shui research has entered a prosperous period. Korean Feng Shui studies have developed their own unique style. Most of their research is from the perspective of history and geography, but also from the perspective of folk tales, folk songs and feng shui. In specific feng shui practices, yin and yang house feng shui is still popular in rural areas, while in towns, yang house feng shui is dominated by the method of oriental qi management.
If we slack off, we will most likely be overtaken by South Korea. This is not alarmist, and it is also the reason why I spare no effort to promote Chinese Feng Shui. Because I don't want Chinese feng shui to become a Korean art one day! Although Korea is a country that can create the universe, I don't want feng shui to become Korean!"
"For this goal, I ask everyone!"
Wang Zhong stood up and saluted the camera with a stern face.
Everyone's hearts instantly seemed to be blocked by something, and they were unspeakably uncomfortable. They could feel the sincerity in Wang Zhong's words, as well as his worries.
The lack of Chinese culture and the slow development of feng shui are also caused by the special historical and legal environment. It's not the fault of one person or one place!
The beginning of the 20th century was a climactic period of the eastward expansion of Western learning and the collision of Chinese and Western cultures. During this period, modern Western science and culture, geography and architecture were introduced to China one after another. Since then, scholars have mostly relied on Western methods to organize and study traditional Chinese culture, and traditional Chinese scholarship that contradicts traditional Western academic concepts, including traditional Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine, and feng shui geography, is often despised or even dismissed as superstition. In China's academic arena, there are even more "only by completely overthrowing the old culture can a new culture be established", "total westernization", and "the theory of yin and yang and five elements is feudal superstition". It has hindered the development of science in China", "science does not speak Chinese", "there was no science in ancient China, let alone scientific thought" and other fashionable slogans. Under the influence of the prevailing customs at that time, the Beiyang government explicitly banned traditional Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine and feng shui. Feng Shui, an ancient architectural culture that has been passed down in China for thousands of years, has been regarded as "feudal superstition" and "fatalism" and cannot be entered into the hall of academic elegance. As everyone knows. Thousands of years before China entered the feudal society, the feng shui of the green dragon, the white tiger, the vermilion bird, and the Xuanwu already existed. The ancient Chinese academic way of thinking is measured by the thinking mode and scientific standards of Western learning, just as the "Ma Shi Wentong" in the past used the principles of English grammar to measure the language sentences of Chinese, believing that "Chinese is not grammatical" and "Chinese is not comprehensible". It is also "the Han people learned Hu'er language, and they rushed to the city to scold the Han people".
With the slogans of "transforming nature" and "man conquering heaven", the "Culture-Culture-Great-Revolution-Life" movement is incompatible with Feng Shui's goal of pursuing harmony and auspiciousness between man and the environment. Under the slogan "Completely eradicate the material culture of the old society". A large number of ancient city walls, ancient buildings, and residences of historical celebrities have been ruthlessly demolished, which is a great damage to China's ancient buildings and the deep-seated architectural culture in these architectural plans. The national trend of demolishing the city, represented by the demolition of the old city of Beijing, has intensified, and it has been replaced by the garbage buildings of cloning foreign countries everywhere on the land of China, taking pride in "foreign" and blindly putting foreign things on their ancestral tablets, resulting in a thousand cities, and buildings lacking local personality, national personality and cultural connotation abound.
Thinking of this, Wang Zhong's eyes revealed the divine light of Dongda, since he is fortunate to be engaged in this industry, he has the responsibility to pass on what he has learned!
"Thank you for your participation and applause, we have officially started the class of "Feng Shui Face" today, and I will share with you the relevant knowledge of "Xuankong Flying Star" here!"
"Many friends here will have questions, what is the Xuankong Flying Star?"
Wang Zhong said with a smile.
Weng Meiling also asked cooperatively:
"Master Wang, what is the Xuankong Flying Star, I'm afraid this is the one that appears most frequently in Xiangjiang now!"
"What do you think?"
Wang Zhong asked with a smile.
"It's a feng shui technique!"
Weng Meiling said with her fingers crossed.
"It has the reputation of the emperor's learning, and it has been secretly inherited, and before Master Wang taught it publicly, everyone only listened to his name, but did not see his face!"
"What else?"
Wang Zhong asked with a smile.
"The Xuankong Flying Star is very mysterious and very effective, otherwise it would not have such a big name in the feng shui world, and it is a masterpiece of rationality!"
Weng Meiling thought for a while and said seriously.
"Yes, you're right, but it's incomplete!"
Wang Zhong nodded with a smile and said appreciatively.
"Xuankong is an easy-to-learn word. The chapter "On Xuankong" in "Shen's Xuankong" explains the meaning of Xuankong as follows: "It is the word Xuankong, which is the meaning of one to nine, and the number one to nine is not fixed, and there are intricate understandings in the middle, so the word Xuankong is used instead." The meaning is that the numbers 1 to 9 are represented by the number 1 to 9, and because 1 to 9 are not arranged according to the regulations, but there are many variations, so they are replaced by the number of the numbers. Xuankong is mainly used in geographical feng shui, so there is a school of geographical feng shui called Xuankong feng shui.
The so-called Xuankong Feng Shui is the time of the sky, and the heavenly time of the three elements and nine fortunes, so it is called Xuankong Feng Shui. ”
"I see!"
Whether it was Weng Meiling or the five students sitting below, they all nodded.
"The study of Feng Shui, the world knows, the great Xuankong Feng Shui is all the feng shui schools, for the most effective school, traced back to its origin has a history of thousands of years, the legend of the Nine Heavens Xuannu gave the red pine nut secret text, Huangshi Gong got the red pine nut and made the "Green Capsule Sutra" is passed on in Zhang Zifang, the ovary "Red Court Sutra" has a book without a recipe and then lost, after Ge Zhichuan pro-Zuogong immortals and get its true biography, Jin Guo Pu got Ge Xian's oral formula, performing "Funeral Sutra" and "Xuankong Wonderful Law".
Tang Guoshi Yang Yunsong, from the palace to get the art of the green sac, later made the "Heavenly Jade Sutra", "Du Tianbao Zhaojing" and other books, Zeng Gongan got Yang Gongzhen, the insight of the principle of yin and yang is the book "Green Capsule Order" to Ming Da Xuankong of the correct formula, for the authentic of the Great Xuankong Geography.
Song Wu Jingluan obtained Chen Xiyi's true biography of the Great Xuankong Ground, and wrote "The Secret Purpose of the Xuankong" and "Heavenly Machine". As a result, the Great Xuankong Feng Shui has been promoted and developed to a certain extent, but the real secret art of star-catching has not been disclosed, and it is still a book for future generations.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Jiang Dahong (Mingke Zi Pingjie, Yunyangzi, Zhongyangzi, Duling Master) was awarded the Great Xuankong Geoscience by Wuji Zhenren, Wu Tianzhu taught the Water Dragon Method, and Wuyi Daoren taught the Yang House Method, and wrote "Geographical Dialectic", "Water Dragon Classic", "Tianyuan Five Songs", "Tianyuan Yuyi", "Ancient Mirror Song", "Zizi Jin", "Clay Sword" and other masterpieces. Since then, Jiang Dahong has been known as the Xuankong geography, and he is known as the earth immortal.
Xuankong Xingshu is the secret of Yang, Zeng, and Jiang Buchuan, so the descendants of the Xuankong Dynasty have all kinds of speculation and reasoning, so there are many factions and various pseudo-methods in Xuankong Geoscience, up to more than 120 kinds, and there is no true transmission of any school. The various factions are self-contained, attacking each other, the art of Xuankong is only scattered among the various factions in fragments, but each regards what they have learned as a heavenly opportunity, and never leaks it out, and the most famous Sanyuan Xuankong faction in the Qing Dynasty has six major factions. (To be continued......)