Theoretical origin of feng shui good or bad judgment

The theoretical origin of judging the good and bad of geomantic omen

Geomantic omen can be roughly divided into form (situation) school and rational style. The former mainly starts from the situation of mountains and rivers, and judges the good and bad luck of the tomb or house. The latter mainly uses the number and orientation of eight diagrams, plus the symbolic meaning and symbols of astrology, the theory of calendar yuan yun and the technique of numerology and qi management, and emphasizes the abstract orientation calculation to judge the good or bad luck of the house. The metaphysical school can be described as the origin of geomantic omen and the authentic learning of geography, and the rational style does not exclude the basic principles of the metaphysical school. Comparatively speaking, the good and bad judgment of the metaphysical school is closer to science and life practice, while the good and bad judgment of the rational style contains more feudal cultural thoughts and folk taboo culture.

Generally speaking, the main theoretical sources of good or bad luck in geomantic omen are the way of heaven and earth (Yin and Yang), the harmony of heaven and earth, the method of heaven and earth, the theory of "taking advantage of anger", the discussion of gossip, the Confucian philosophy of life and aesthetics, and the traditional folk taboo culture. Its main analytical tools are eight diagrams, yin and yang, five elements, astrology, calendar, numerology, date selection, etc., which constitute a set of strict logical application system and good or bad judgment index system. In a big way, its main theoretical sources or origins are mainly embodied in six aspects:

First, it embodies China's ancient world view and the relationship between heaven, earth and human beings, emphasizing the unity of heaven and man, applying to the stars and learning from heaven.

Historical Records? The book of heavenly officials said: "The stars are arranged in rows, born in the earth, refined in the sky, and placed in the wrong place, each with its own place. They are like things in the wild, like officials in the DPRK, and like things in people." This idea has influenced future generations for thousands of years. Reflected in the feng shui good or bad judgment, those who correspond to the star and its distribution and operation are auspicious; Those who disobey are fierce. The most typical one is to assign the 28 stars in China ancient astrology to the four directions of east, west, south and north, and form the four images of East Qinglong, West White Tiger, South Suzaku and North Xuanwu. In reality, it is a very common phenomenon in urban planning that the central axis of the city corresponds to the meaning of the Big Dipper and the Eight Diagrams. For example, the imperial city of Beijing is called the Forbidden City, the emperor's handling of government affairs and residence is called the Ganqing Palace (dry for heaven, father), and the Kunning Palace is the queen's middle palace (Kun for land, mother). China's unique thought is that this philosophy of cosmic life, which integrates the relationship between heaven and human beings into architecture and human settlements, has become the primary criterion for judging good and bad luck. This kind of case is too numerous to mention, according to Yu Xixian's research, such as Changsha City, Wenzhou City and so on.

the second is to reflect the geological and geographical characteristics of China, that is, the general trend and strike structure of mountains and rivers.

From Yu Gong, Shan Hai Jing to Shui Jing Zhu, the geographical general trend of Chinese mainland is described as the dividing pattern of three dry dragons, that is, all of them originate from Kunlun Mountain, and reach the Beilong on the Yalu River in the north, the Zhonglong between the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, and the Nanlong from the south of the Yangtze River to Fujian and Guangdong, and the whole terrain gradually decreases from west to east. It is called a land of geomantic omen, which is close to the prefectures and counties where the branches derived from the three dry dragons are merged, and conforms to the trend of Long Mai in this geographical trend and the small landform environment. For example, Beijing is close to the Yanshan Mountains in the north of the Taihang Mountains in Beilong, and the Xishan Mountain in Beijing is a treasure trove of Long Mai. In geomantic omen, according to the trend characteristics of Chinese mainland plate mountains, Long Mai is divided into positive trend, contrarian trend, lateral trend and other modes. Long Mai, which conforms to this trend, is a real dragon, which can bear true caves. Otherwise, it may be a sick dragon and a dead dragon, but it cannot bear true caves.

For another example, China has a continental monsoon climate, and there are many disturbances from north wind, west wind and northwest wind, so residential buildings advocate facing south. "The east is lower and the west is higher, rich and heroic", and the house with high west and low east can resist the wind from the west, so it is auspicious; And the houses with low north and high south are hit by the north wind, which is obviously inconvenient to live in, so it is fierce.

thirdly, it conforms to the theory of eight diagrams, yin and yang and five elements.

The Book of Changes is the ancestor of China's traditional culture, in which the eight diagrams are profound and profound, which has become one of the theoretical sources of all applied cultures (techniques) in ancient China. Since ancient times, China has regarded the duality of Yin and Yang as the first way to explain the origin of all things and the evolution of things. The so-called "Yin and Yang are the way" is also true. Therefore, anything that conforms to the way of yin and yang is auspicious, and those who are rebellious are fierce-in Feng Shui, anything that is lonely and yin and yang alone, such as only one tree in front of the door, is a fierce elephant; And those who "take advantage of anger" because of coitus between Yin and Yang are auspicious. Anger is produced by the intercourse of yin and yang. Long Mai must be in a lively place to merge into a real Feng Shui cave, while in a dead place, the natural Feng Shui is not good. There are five kinds of

fierce mountains that are not suitable for burial in The Book of Burial: Tongshan (a barren mountain with no vegetation), Duanshan (a discontinuous ridge that blocks the movement of vitality), Shishan (no soil as flesh and blood, so naturally there is no vitality), Guoshan (the mountain crosses from the cemetery, and the vitality can't gather through the grave) and Dushan (a mountain that is located at the intersection of mountains.

Five elements-gold, wood, water, fire and earth are regarded as the most basic elements of all things by ancient philosophers in China. The theory of five elements' mutual development and mutual restraint has naturally become the basic analysis tool of ancient alchemy such as geomantic omen and numerology. It is naturally auspicious to conform to the situation that the five elements coexist, and vice versa. For example, in geomantic omen, the water is as straight as wood. If it hits the golden water directly, it is Jin Kemu, which is a great disaster. It can be said that the Eight Diagrams, Yin and Yang, and Five Elements are the most basic, core and profound analysis and application tools of Feng Shui. The development and prosperity of regulating qi and feng shui mainly depend on these three magic weapons.

Fourthly, it embodies Confucian philosophy and China's traditional aesthetic thought.

The concept of good fortune and ill fortune in geomantic omen comprehensively embodies China's traditional philosophy and Confucian ethics and aesthetics. For example, it is required to be surrounded by < P > feelings, and the week is round and round, and it is forbidden to go straight and shoot straight. "The Classic of the Cape of Qing Dynasty" explains the relationship between dragon and sand and the landscape image formed by it: "Dragon is the monarch's way, and sand is the minister's way; The monarch must be on the top, and the minister must be on the bottom; Bow down, walk without grumpiness; The cloth show is strange, and there are auspicious images in the column; Far away, the city is Guo, and recently, the case is several; The eight winds take it as a defense, and Shuikou takes it as a pass. " "The Buried Sutra Wing" said: "With its cave in the guard area, it will not make the wind blow, surround the sentient beings, force them, press them, and be unyielding, like a blue dragon winding like a cloud, a white tiger taming, a blue sky hanging down, and a rosefinch dancing." Specifically speaking, Xuanwu's blue head means that the hillside is gradually descending from its own peak, as if it had the intention of accepting the burial of the dead, so it is auspicious; On the other hand, the main mountain is high, and there is no gentle slope extending to the Feng Shui cave, which is regarded as unwilling to accept the dead to be buried here. Of course, it is unlucky. The suzaku Xiang dance means that the mountain shape in front of the cave should be beautiful and beautiful, and the water potential should be smooth and tactful, as if it were affectionate to the cave. Otherwise, Suzaku slouches in front of the cave, or wants to fly away, which is naturally a fierce elephant.

The pattern, shape and spatial composition of geomantic omen also directly reflect the aesthetic interest under the guidance of Confucianism. On the relationship of architectural ethics, the Confucian thought of paying attention to monarch and minister, being orderly for all ages has naturally become one of the core values of geomantic omen evaluation. For example, in quadrangles, it is emphasized that the upper building is tall and the wing rooms are arranged in order on both sides; Kyrgyzstan should be tall, and the fierce side should be low. For another example, the aesthetics of China people are perfect and correct, and they are not out of line, flattering, unassuming and out of the ordinary. Therefore, in the shape and inner shape of the mansion, Feng Shui requires "the front is low and then high, and the world is heroic"; if "the front is high and then low, and the young and old are in a coma", the terrain is "the meridian (note: north and south) is insufficient, so it is the most fierce".

Another example is that the traditional culture of China pays attention to moderation and implication, so it advocates twists and turns, which is meaningful and affectionate. Like a quadrangle, it first enters from the southeast gate and then turns to the center, bypassing the zhaobi and reaching the hanging flower gate, which is auspicious; And the landscape pattern that is unobstructed and unobstructed is judged as fierce.

feng shui emphasizes "beauty", and the beautiful is auspicious, while the ugly is fierce. If the mountains and rivers are broken, the vegetation is barren, and the natural fierceness is exposed, who wants to live here? The water flow is straight, the flow is large and swift, the scouring force is strong, it is easy to cause floods, and of course it is not suitable for living. Specific to the geomantic omen of small topography, as well as the good or bad judgment of topography and water potential, this aesthetic thought is also reflected. For example, the terrain is broken and irregular, such as "probe, thorn surface and skirt lifting" are all fierce places; The jade belt, the royal screen and the throne are shaped as

auspicious places. In addition, such as the lack of corners, deformities, sharp shapes, etc., the shape is incomplete and strict, naturally lacking beauty, and it is reasonable to be sentenced to feng shui. There is also a saying about the trend of water flow. Baji: as soon as possible, go back; Second love, deep love; Three times, loop lead; Four rings, surrounded by love; Five exchanges, two water exchanges; Six locks, tight bending; Seven weaves, the mystery is like weaving; Eight knots, many water will accumulate. Eight evils: once worn, wear a chest and break the chest; Second, cut the pulse and cut the foot; Three pulls, the heavenly heart is straight out, affecting the local cattle; Four shots, small water straight, shaped like archery; Five evils, shaped like an anti-bow; Six straight, ruthless; Seven oblique, oblique to fly away; Eight rushes, the flood is coming.

Fifth, the traditional magic culture of China, such as numerology and choosing a day.

since ancient times, there has been a saying that "one life has two fortunes, three geomantics, four products and five studies". In this arrangement, feng shui ranks third, and its good or bad, good or bad, good or bad, is also subject to fate and luck. Therefore, ancient geomantic books and records all emphasized that Long Mai has a good and large pattern and a good orientation of the homestead. However, if the date is not right, people's divination will be different from the house divination, which will also turn geomantic omen into an evil image. For example, the Yellow Emperor's House Classic says that building a house should conform to the time of Yuede and Tiande. "summary of yangzhai" says, "if you fix

in the wrong year, fix it on another auspicious day." For example, it is not suitable to break ground on a certain day of a month, and so on, which can be seen everywhere in Feng Shui writings. It is also this part of the content that adds a lot of feudal superstition to the theory of good or bad luck of Feng Shui.

sixth, folk taboo culture.

At all times and in all countries, folk taboo culture is an unavoidable historical and cultural heritage that cannot be ignored. Today, many taboo details have completely become meaningless decorations, but they are a crystallization and symbol of the life wisdom and spiritual activities of working people for thousands of years. Perhaps in that year, because of some painful lessons, people remembered these taboos unforgettable and passed them down from generation to generation; There are also many taboos that are the variation of ancient sacrificial culture, such as the sacrifice and taboo to the kitchen god; Some taboos are directly derived from common sense of life and awe of unsolved natural phenomena. In this regard, we need to treat it objectively and calmly, and we must not dump it easily as a basin of dirty water.

For example, The Complete Collection of Yang Zhai says, "There are big trees in front of the door, and six animals have lost countless lives", "Two trees in front of the door, and women hang themselves to death", "There are locust trees in front of the door, but ghosts are not in the grave", "Windows are everywhere, wasting leads to poverty", "The big trees are near the porch, and diseases continue" and so on. These taboos can obviously vaguely see the inconvenience and disaster brought to life, which is a warning to future generations.

In addition, there is the interaction between China's traditional architectural culture and Feng Shui, which also has a strong sense of good or bad judgment. For example, Lu Banchi, which you have heard of, is particular about the size of good or bad.

from the above analysis, we can see that the judging system of geomantic omen has profound dual colors of history, culture and life practice, and it is practical, safe, cultural and historic, which makes geomantic omen a complex comprehensive evaluation system. Our sages put forward the idea of "facing the mountains and facing the water" and "embracing the mountains and surrounding the water" long ago. Whether it's a mansion or a mansion, the starting point of site selection is mainly to consider "security" (safety, tranquility) and "uneasiness" from the geographical environment.

It is inevitably mixed with a lot of mysterious and feudal taboo culture, but it is precisely because of this that Feng Shui has a sense of solemnity and sacredness as well as a sense of culture. Yes, no matter what the cause or psychology, as long as it can bring people awe and peace of mind, rather than physical and mental harm, there are some taboos, so what's wrong with being alert to some evil images?

I believe everyone will have a basic and correct judgment on how to treat the theory of feng shui good or bad after all.