1. What is Feng Shui
Feng Shui is a comprehensive discipline that integrates with geophysics, geomagnetism, hydrogeology, environmental landscape, architecture, meteorology, cosmic astrology and human life.
Astronomy, geography, and human science are the three scientific pillars of Feng Shui in China. The unity of heaven, earth and man is the highest principle of Chinese Feng Shui.
After 5,000 years of practice, research, induction and perception, ancient Chinese scientists formed the world-famous oriental science - Chinese Feng Shui.
According to the theory of ancient Chinese science and technology, everything in the universe is composed of three parts, namely qi, number and image. According to modern science, they are: energy, information, and situation, or form.
The three coexist, cannot be separated, and the boundaries are clear. Qi is an objective existence, which can be assumed to be energy according to modern scientific views.
Number is the program or logic of the existence of everything in the universe, which can be assumed as information according to modern scientific views.
Elephant is the form or changing state of qi that exists according to the number. In modern science, it can be summarized as: the image is the situation in which energy exists according to information programs.
Everything in the universe has information and energy, and it has its existential situation; In the same way, if there is energy, there must be information and situation, and if there is situation, there must be information as a command and energy as the foundation.
The existence of everything in the universe is the inseparability of qi, number, and image, which is real and concrete.
Information
"Number" directs energy
"Qi" according to a certain situation
"Elephant" exists, energy
"Qi" according to
The instruction of "number" constitutes a certain existential situation
"Elephant", there is a situation
"Like" by the message
"Count" command, to energy
"Qi" as the basis. Number, qi, and image are information, energy, and situation, that is, the god of the unity of heaven and man, which Western philosophy calls all things in the universe
"Ontology" is also a function. "Zhou Yi Dictionaries" said: "God has no way and it is easy to have no body". God has no way
"Fang" is also known in ancient Chinese
"Fangsuo" is the direction, and no direction is no position, no-place, and no-pervasive. I Ching and Buddhist scriptures speak of essence, qi, and spirit.
Confucius said: "The essence is the object, and the wandering soul is the change". The geist is the god, the conformation. Jing, the ancient Chinese sages, also known as Xuan, Dao, Yuan, One, Water; Sperm is called because the information of the human body comes from the father's sperm and mother's egg.
It is called Xuan because the information is difficult to observe, (Huai Xuan, Xuan Gu is unpredictable, and Tai Xuan is indescribable); It is praised because information determines the only way for everything in the universe to become biological; It is called Yuan because information is at the beginning of the tangible universe; It is called one because one is the beginning of the natural number,
"Tao begets one, one begets two, two begets three, and three begets all things" (hug one, keep one, return to one, true one, and Taiyi); It is called water because the earth's organisms originate from water.
In the theory of ancient Chinese science and technology, "Li" is the study of the principle of energy, change, and invariance of numbers, qi, and images.
Reason is the form of energy existence that people affirm, referred to as conformation, or energy field. There is a metaphysical and metaphysical division.
There are two research methods: one is the deductive reasoning method on which Western science is based; First, Chinese and Oriental science and technology come from the analogy and induction method.
Deductive reasoning is applicable to a finite mathematical range, and analogical induction is applicable to an infinite mathematical range. Man knows qi and number through images, and images have
"None" and
There is a distinction between "yes". There is an objective existence that can be perceived by human senses or with the help of instruments; Otherwise, there is none.
and cannot be expressed in words the objective existence of its image as normal, or constant; This is what the Book of Changes says: "The meaning is not complete, the words are not complete, and the book is not enough." "The objective existence of an image that can be expressed in words is called specialization.
"Lao Tzu" said: "The Tao is the Tao, the very Tao; The name is famous, and the name is not very famous. "All specific Dao, name, qi, and number are specialized.
Therefore, the Chinese ancestors believed that matter is a relatively stable and specialized form of energy (qi).
Modern high-energy physics has proven that matter and energy are intertransformative. Originally, the universe had only energy, i.e., qi, and no matter.
The universe, including the solar system, is formed by air. Generate the universe
"Qi" is believed to originate from black holes in modern science, and the ancient Chinese scientific and technological theories call it Wuji and Wuwei.
"Qi, which we may call 'ether' in our case, is because matter is initially completely fluid, without hardness, without interruption, without termination, and cannot be divided into two parts. This is the thinnest object one can imagine. "In the natural sciences
"Ether" can only exist as an imaginary medium for transmitting the interaction force of matter.
"Ether" seems to be isolated from the real thing, but Zhang Zai and Wang Fuzhi think
"Gas" and
"Shape" is transformed into each other. Hence what they propose
"Qi" is not so much close to the ether as it is closer to what modern science calls the field. Westerners exclaimed in amazement
"MyGod!", that is
"My God". And the Chinese called
"OMG!". The ancient Chinese ancestors did not artificially create one like the Westerners
"God" is the thing that governs all things in heaven, earth, man, and man
"Days", yes
"Gas", yes
The "field" is cosmic
"Spirit" or
"Mathematical meteorology", that is, the laws of the universe. And thus, everything in heaven and on earth
"Humanization", there is the Jade Emperor in the sky and the King of Hades in the ground. Heaven, earth and man are one and holographic.
That is, what is in heaven must be in the earth, and the same is true on earth. The whole universe is composed of three parts: energy (qi), information (number) and situation (image).
Based on this understanding, it is not difficult to understand the scientific connotation of Chinese Feng Shui, which originated from ancient astronomy, geography and human science.
Chinese Feng Shui, which integrates heaven, earth, and man into a large system, has been slandered and criticized for a long time, and only today, with the rapid development of science and technology, has it been recognized and discovered again.
In the long-term study of ancient astronomy, geography and human body, that is, the development and change of heaven, earth and man, Chinese feng shui has gradually formed a complete set of theories of the laws of the universe, and on the basis of this theory, the characteristics of the universe are summarized into three aspects: the holographic nature of the universe; the helical nature of the universe; The yin and yang nature of the universe.
In the long-term historical development of Chinese Feng Shui, with the continuous improvement of human understanding and scientific and technological progress, many schools of thought have been formed due to the difference in understanding.
Among them, the two most basic sects: one is the situation sect, because it pays attention to the unity of heaven, earth and man in the image of space, and pays attention to the shape of the mountain, such as: "a thousand feet is the potential, a hundred feet is the shape", so it is also called the shape of the law, the head of the mountain, and the three; The other is the Li Qi Sect, because it focuses on the time sequence to achieve the unity of heaven, earth and man, such as: Yin and Yang Five Elements, Dry Branch Zodiac, Four Seasons and Five Directions, Bagua Nine Winds, Three Yuan Luck, etc., so it is also called Sanyuan, Reason.
Before the Yuan and Ming dynasties, the situation of mountains and rivers was mostly judged by the principle of yin and yang and the five elements, that is, the mountains were important, such as: Guo Pu of the Jin Dynasty "Funeral Sutra"; After the Yuan and Ming dynasties, pay attention to the combination of heaven and heart, focus on rational qi, and imitate the heavens, such as: Shao Yong
The saying of "Hexagram Luck Meeting" is very prosperous. Chinese Feng Shui
The "shape method" is mainly used for site selection;
"Rationale" focuses on determining the orientation pattern of indoor and outdoor; In addition, there are:
"Day law" is used to choose auspicious days and good days to build things;
The "Fu Zhen Law" selects unfavorable measures for the redress of various laws. According to the application objects, Chinese feng shui is divided into yang house feng shui, that is, the yang house phase method, which is responsible for the site selection and layout of the city dwellings where the living people live; Yin house feng shui, that is, the yin house burial method, is responsible for the location of the deceased's mausoleum.
Chinese feng shui has different environments for residences, and there are so-called well-established houses, wilderness houses, valley houses, etc., such as "Three-element Geography", and each has its own emphasis on the application of feng shui.
For the house in the wilderness and the house in the valley, because of its close relationship with the surrounding natural geographical environment, more attention is paid to the form; The house of Jingyi, because of the limitations of its external environment, is often based on both form and law.
The situational school of Chinese feng shui focuses on finding the dragon, inspecting the sand, observing the water, pointing points, and orientation. The rational style pays attention to the theory of mutual growth and restraint such as yin and yang, five elements, dry branches, gossip and nine palaces, and establishes a set of strict on-site operation tools jujube compass to determine the location of site selection and planning.
Although many practical methods have been formed in history, Chinese Feng Shui, regardless of the situation school or the rational school, must follow the following three principles: the principle of the unity of heaven, earth and man; the principle of yin and yang balance; The principle of mutual growth and restraint of the five elements.
In the process of survival and development, human beings are affected by the above-mentioned natural factors everywhere and all the time, so in order to better survive and develop, human beings must learn
"Understand nature, use nature, transform nature, and conform to nature". It is also the four principles of Feng Shui.
From the analysis of topographic maps, Feng Shui believes that the dragon veins of the world originate from the Kunlun Mountains. Geography considers the Kunlun Mountains to be the roof of the world.
It has five major dragon routes in all directions, three of which are in China. Three dragon veins: 1. Gen dragon hair veins: It is to go to the vast area north of the Yellow River.
2. Zhenlong vein: It is to the south of the Yellow River and the north of the Yangtze River. 3. Xunlong vein: It is a vast area south of the Yangtze River.
These three dry dragons originate from the northwest and move towards the southeast. The topography of China has formed a high northwest, high and low southeast topography of China.
"The sky is not enough for the northwest, and the earth is not enough for the southeast." Therefore, Feng Shui is a comprehensive discipline that integrates astronomy and geography.
Based on natural things, the law of yin and yang is the five behaviors. It involves the disciplines of natural environment, geology and geography, hydrology, ecology, landscape science, aesthetics, biology, geophysics, architecture and moral theory, and is a comprehensive discipline that studies the relationship between nature and man.
The natural objects represented by the Bagua such as Qiantian, Kundi, Zhenlei, Xunfeng, Kanshui, Lihuo, Genshan, and Duize are the elements that must be applied in Feng Shui.
The essence of Feng Shui is:
"Gas", while
"Qi" is the source of life, and it is also the root of life, in Feng Shui
"Qi" is the time and space occupied by individual objects in the surrounding environment
"Order" is determined, and
The change of "order" is precisely one of the ways in which things change from quantity to quality in dialectical materialism (the other way is the accumulation of quantity), which is caused by the change of the environment and the change of the position of objects (including furniture, desks, etc.).
The change of "qi" will change the feng shui environment, so feng shui is the science of the environment, but also the science of life, and it is an authentic science, and it is by no means superstition.
There are many treatises in ancient books
The explanation of "Feng Shui", such as: "The Book of Burials" says: "Qi is dispersed by the wind, and the boundary water is stopped, so people gather so that they do not disperse, and they do not disperse, so it is called Feng Shui."
Another cloud
"The depth is multiplied, and the feng shui is self-contained". "The Funeral of Mr. Qingwu": "The internal qi sprouts, the external qi is formed, the internal and external multiply, and the feng shui is self-contained."
"Feng Shui Identification": The so-called wind, take the mountain to hide, the soil color is thick and does not rush to the wind on all sides, and the indifferent to the earth wind, also the so-called water to take its high dryness, do not make the water close to the skin and only if the water is bent and circumferential, and its second meaning is also. "Instructions for the Son of Geography": "The geographer drinks his name with the word feng shui, that is, the so-called burial of Guo (Pu) is also angry. And how can anger be detected? It is said that when the air comes, there is water to guide it; The end of qi is bounded by water; The gathering of qi, the absence of wind to disperse. Therefore, it is said that if you want to get water, you must hide the wind. It is also said that air is the mother of water, and there is gas and water......
"Feng Shui" is just a name, not wind and water. Feng Shui is also known as Kanyu, or known as the house of divination, the house of the phase, the house of the picture, the green black, the green sac, the form of the law, the geography, the yin and yang, the art of the landscape.
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It is not enough to go forward with the word "Feng Shui" to explain Feng Shui, or to collect a quotation from ancient books to explain.
To understand Feng Shui, one has to enter its academic system. In-depth analysis of its origins. The earliest
The "Writings of the Divination House" appeared during the Shang and Zhou dynasties or earlier, and can be found in several chapters of the earliest Chinese literature, such as the Book of Songs and the Book of Songs.
Analyzing its purpose, it can be understood as prudently and carefully investigating the natural environment, conforming to nature, using and transforming nature in a controlled manner, creating a good living environment, and achieving the best state of heaven and man's harmony in time, place, people and auspiciousness.
How to carefully investigate the natural environment (i.e. choose a place)? Conforming to nature is not the same as resigning to fate, so how to conform to nature, and what is the principle of nature (analyzing the principle of heaven and earth)?
How to use and transform nature (Feng Shui talks about standing upright?) How to get the right time, place, and people, so that it can achieve the unity of heaven and man?
and so on are important topics in the study of Feng Shui.