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Feng Shui History

Author : Stephen Skinner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781984150028
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Feng Shui History written by Stephen Skinner and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-24 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History of Feng Shui tracks the evolution of feng shui in detail from China in 221 BC until the present day, both in China, and later in the West. This has never been done before in English. The only information on the history of feng shui occurs as scattered chapters in a number of books which often repeats the same vague and sometimes erroneous generalisations. These books include many erroneous statements such as:1."feng shui is 6000 years old." In fact the characters 'feng shui' were not used in this context before 320 CE. Even the older names (ti li, kan yu) for this practice do not occur in any texts before 220 BCE.2."feng shui derives from the Yi Jing." In fact, apart from the 8 trigrams being used as basic directional indicators, no feng shui compass shows 60 hexagrams till 1600 CE, and not the full 64 hexagrams till 1827 CE.3."the feng shui compass derives from a revolving magnetised spoon revolving on a plate." This incorrect deduction made by Wen Cheng To in 1946 (and later reluctantly repeated by Needham) was completely discredited in the 1990s, but people keep repeating it.This book has been meticulously researched, from authoritative Chinese texts and the analysis of many antique lo p'ans. It contains the details of many masters, and tracks the changes in theory and practice over time. There are modern chapters on feng shui in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, US and UK, bringing it totally up to date. Stephen Skinner introduced feng shui to the West with the first 20th century English book on feng shui in 1976. With the publication from 1998-2001 of the magazine "Feng Shui for Modern Living" in English and also in Chinese, Stephen has helped to spread interest in feng shui worldwide and outside of the Chinese speaking world. As interest has progressed further, there are now many more Westerners who not only know what traditional feng shui is, but also want to know how to use it practically.Feng shui is not a religion, but a discipline as precise in its practice as surveying, and more precise in its application and formulae than many Western sciences (such as psychology and sociology). Its history is therefore worthy of our attention. Stephen also documented the rings of the luopan in his comprehensive "Guide to the Feng Shui Compass: a Compendium of Classical Feng Shui." He has been a prime mover in both establishing feng shui as a precise discipline, and in bringing its benefits to the English speaking world.

Feng-shui

Author : Eva Wong
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781570621000
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Feng-shui written by Eva Wong and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, as people become aware of the need to recover an intimate relationship with the earth and the ecosphere, feng-shui offers a set of pragmatics in choosing a home, locating a business, developing ecologically sensitive land use, and planning a harmonious neighborhood.

Feng-Shui

Author : Ernest John Eitel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Feng-Shui written by Ernest John Eitel and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Taoist Feng Shui

Author : Susan Levitt
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1594775826
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (947 download)

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Download or read book Taoist Feng Shui written by Susan Levitt and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999-12-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • The first book to explain how feng shui developed from the Taoist systems of astrology, yin and yang, and the five elements. • Provides a background on Taoist philosophy to help readers better understand the principles of feng shui and how to use them properly. • Helps readers improve home, business, garden, property, neighborhoods, and much more. The Chinese art of feng shui has become extremely popular in the West, but too often advice on the subject consists of overly simplistic instructions for rearranging one's house without any explanation of the profound philosophical system behind these changes. The ancient Taoists developed feng shui from their understanding of the subtle interplay of energies that make up the universe, and no true mastery of feng shui is possible without a knowledge of Taoism. Taoist Feng Shui provides step-by-step guidelines for improving your home, business, garden, property, and neighborhood using this ancient system of knowledge. In Taoist Feng Shui, Susan Levitt traces the history of feng shui and shows how it is grounded in knowledge of yin and yang and the five Taoist elements of fire, earth, metal, water, and wood, as well as many other principles essential to Taoism. Once a background in Taoism is established, readers can better understand the philosophy behind concepts such as choosing the best colors for each room of the home, room-by-room furniture placement, yin and yang balance, correct lighting, outdoor landscaping, the function of hallways and entrances, and the proper use of mirrors, crystals, fountains, and other feng shui tools. With in-depth examples from the author's private feng shui practice, Taoist Feng Shui can help all readers transform their personal environments to create peace, harmony, health, wealth, and good fortune.

Feng Shui Design

Author : Sarah Rossbach
Publisher : Sidgwick & Jackson Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780283063244
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (632 download)

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Download or read book Feng Shui Design written by Sarah Rossbach and published by Sidgwick & Jackson Limited. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work embodies the essence of feng shui (the Chinese art of placement), which is being encompassed in the West not only by individuals seeking harmony and good fortune, but by multinational companies. The authors explore its genesis in ancient China and analyze it at work in the world today. They offer practical, step-by-step advice on applying feng shui to one's surroundings, whether at home, in the garden or at the office. The illustrations feature classic examples from China and Hong Kong, modern examples by designers and architects in the West, calligraphy, and down-to-earth ideas for anyone to follow.

Feng Shui

Author : Ernest J. Eitel
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Feng Shui written by Ernest J. Eitel and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-27 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feng shui, also known as Chinese geomancy, is a traditional practice originating from ancient China, which claims to use energy forces to harmonize individuals with their surrounding environment. Feng shui is one of the Five Arts of Chinese Metaphysics, classified as physiognomy. This book thoroughly explains basic principals and advantages of Feng shui.

Feng Shui History

Author : Stephen Skinner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780738737850
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (378 download)

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Download or read book Feng Shui History written by Stephen Skinner and published by . This book was released on 2013-05-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feng Shui History is the first English language book to track the evolution and expansion of feng shui--from 221 BC China to its presence around the world today. Discover the developments and people involved in propagating feng shui in the US, UK, Europe, China, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Drawing on authoritative Chinese texts and analysis of several antique lo p'ans, this meticulously researched book gives the real history of feng shui--and disproves some widely believed generalizations about the ancient practice. There are also details on many masters and various feng shui methods.

An Introduction to Feng Shui

Author : Ole Bruun
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521682176
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Feng Shui written by Ole Bruun and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-12-04 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feng Shui has been known in the West for the last 150 years but has mostly been regarded as a primitive superstition. During the modern period successive regimes in China have suppressed its practice. However, in the last few decades Feng Shui has become a global spiritual movement with professional associations, thousands of titles published on the subject, countless websites devoted to it and millions of users. In this book Ole Bruun explains Feng Shui's Chinese origins and meanings as well as its more recent Western interpretations and global appeal. Unlike the abundance of popular manuals, his Introduction treats Chinese Feng Shui as an academic subject, bridging religion, history and sociology. Individual chapters explain the Chinese religious-philosophical background, Chinese uses in rural and urban areas, the history of Feng Shui's reinterpretation in the West, and environmental perspectives and other issues.

Holistic Spaces

Author : Anjie Cho
Publisher : Ryland Peters & Small
ISBN 13 : 1782497730
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (824 download)

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Download or read book Holistic Spaces written by Anjie Cho and published by Ryland Peters & Small. This book was released on 2018-12-06 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transform your home into a calm, balanced and harmonious oasis using architect Anjie Cho's helpful advice, drawing on her background in green design and feng shui. You don't have to get rid of all your possessions and become an ascetic to change your space and discover the benefits that living in a considered, organic way can bring. The easy suggestions in Holistic Spaces show you how to implement the principles of feng shui and green design in your home. Written for the way we live today, as we move toward a more mindful approach to health, diet and the way that we choose the objects in our homes, this is the perfect guide to help you to clear and refresh your living environment. Learn how to make every room in your home serve its highest purpose, create eco-friendly spaces, bring nature indoors, choose colours for maximum impact, select a space for meditation practice, and overall, create a peaceful and organic home. From the bedroom to the home office, these intuitive, straightforward tips will teach you to how improve your spaces to boost the flow of energy through your life.

The Principles of Feng Shui

Author : Larry Sang
Publisher : American Feng Shui Institute
ISBN 13 : 0964458306
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (644 download)

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Download or read book The Principles of Feng Shui written by Larry Sang and published by American Feng Shui Institute. This book was released on 2013 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After ten years of intensive research, experimentation, exploration, and teaching Feng Shui, Master Larry Sang puts forth his accumulated knowledge and insights into this book to systematically introduce Feng Shui to its readers. Written specifically to educate people about traditional Feng Shui, this is the recommended text for the Beginning and Intermediate classes.

The Culture of Fengshui in Korea

Author : Hong-key Yoon
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739113486
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (134 download)

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Download or read book The Culture of Fengshui in Korea written by Hong-key Yoon and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The term Fengshui, which literally means 'wind and water, ' is the ancient Chinese art of selecting an auspicious site to provide the most harmonious relationship between human and earth. The term is generally translated as "geomancy," and has had a deep and extensive impact on Korean, Chinese, and other East Asian cultures. Hong-key Yoon's book explores the nature of geomantic principles and the culture of practicing them in Korean cultural contexts. Yoon first examines the nature and historical background of geomancy, geomantic principles for auspicious sites (houses, graves, and cities) and provides an interpretation of geomantic principles as practiced in Korea. Yoon looks at geomancy's influence on cartography, religion and philosophy, and urban development in both Korea and China. Finally, Yoon debates the role of geomancy in the iconographical warfare between Japanese colonialism and Korean nationalism as it affected the cultural landscape of Kyongbok Palace in Seoul.

Feng Shui

Author : Sarah Rossbach
Publisher : Penguin (Non-Classics)
ISBN 13 : 9780140196115
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (961 download)

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Download or read book Feng Shui written by Sarah Rossbach and published by Penguin (Non-Classics). This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the philosophy of an ancient art to help you find harmony in today's complicated world Feng shui is an ancient Chinese practice based on principles from design, ecology, architecture, mysticism, and common sense. It applies not only to the layout of the building, but also to the arrangement of furniture within a room and to the best design of offices and public spaces -- in short, to any physical arrangement of our environment. In its most rarefied form, feng shui seeks to place us in harmony with the mysterious workings of the cosmos. In its most common pursuits, feng shui will shower wealth, good health, and happiness on its practitioners. This book provides a history of feng shui and an introduction to its concepts, which will enrich your understanding of the philosophy. New to this classic work is an up-to-date introduction, which offers the essentials on overcoming hidden ills and maximizing comfort.

Five Classics of Fengshui

Author : Michael Paton
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004251456
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Five Classics of Fengshui written by Michael Paton and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Five Classics of Fengshui Michael Paton traces the theoretical development of this form of spiritual geography through full translations of major texts: the Burial Classic of Qing Wu, Book of Burial, Yellow Emperor’s Classic of House Siting, Twenty Four Difficult Problems, and Water Dragon Classic. This theoretical development is analysed through the lens of history, philosophy and sociology of science in an attempt to address Joseph Needham’s conundrum of the "great beauty of the siting" in traditional China being based of such a “grossly superstitious system” and to understand what part fengshui played in the environmental history of China.

Feng Shui

Author : Sarah Rossbach
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 9780712617628
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Feng Shui written by Sarah Rossbach and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1987 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present-day use of Feng shui, an ancient Chinese practice based on principles from design, ecology, architecture, mysticism, and common sense. It can be applied not only to the layout of the building, but also to the arrangement of furniture within a room and to the best design of offices and public spaces. According to tradition feng shui can shower wealth, good health, and happiness on its practitioners. This book gives a history of feng shui and an introduction to its concepts.

Research in Scientific Feng Shui and the Built Environment

Author : Michael Y. MAK
Publisher : City University of HK Press
ISBN 13 : 9629371723
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (293 download)

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Download or read book Research in Scientific Feng Shui and the Built Environment written by Michael Y. MAK and published by City University of HK Press. This book was released on 2009-02-01 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feng Shui is a body of ancient Chinese knowledge that aims at creating a harmony between environment, buildings and people. It represented the most significant set of architectural theory and practice in Chinese history. Feng Shui knowledge reflected the traditional Chinese attitudes towards the natural and built environment. With a desire to improve the relationship between human and the environment, there is an increasing interest for architects, building professionals and other property practitioners to apply the concepts of Feng Shui in building design. As Feng Shui knowledge represents a holistic view in creating harmonized built environment, research into the application of Feng Shui to the built environment needs to be addressed.

Fengshui in China

Author : Ole Bruun
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824826727
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Fengshui in China written by Ole Bruun and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2003-03-31 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For well over a century, Chinese fengshui, or "geomancy," has interested Western laymen and scholars. Today, hundreds of popular manuals claim to use its principles in their advice on how people can increase their wealth, happiness, longevity, and so on. This study is quite different, approaching fengshui from an academic angle. The focus is on its significance in China, but the recent history of its reinterpretation in the West is also depicted. The author argues that fengshui serves as an alternative tradition of cosmological knowledge, which is used to explain a range of everyday occurrences in rural areas, such as disease, mental disorders, accidents, and common mischief. The study includes a historical account of fengshui over the last 150 years augmented by the results of anthropological fieldwork on contemporary practices in two Chinese rural areas.

Taoist Feng Shui

Author : Susan Levitt
Publisher : Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
ISBN 13 : 9780892817238
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book Taoist Feng Shui written by Susan Levitt and published by Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. This book was released on 1999-12 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helps readers improve home, business, garden, property, neighborhoods, and much more.