- Title
- Study of flying stars method of the compass school with case studies
- Creator
- So, Albert T.; Mak, Michael Y.
- Relation
- Feng Shui (Kan Yu) and Architecture: International Conference in Berlin p. 149-164
- Relation
- Asien- und Afrika-Studien der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 38
- Relation
- https://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/Feng_Shui_(Kan_Yu)_and_Architecture/title_4034.ahtml
- Publisher
- Harrassowitz Verlag
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2011
- Description
- According to Walters, if the Feng Shui of the site is itself beneficial, based on Form School, a well-defined Dragon (East), Bird (South), Tortoise (North) and Tiger (West), in the location, will increase the beneficial aspects of those parts of the site that receive the location's Qi. If, on the other hand, the site is generally inauspicious, perhaps because there is a lack of Qi but an abundance of Sha (killing), certain unfavourable aspects of the site can be eradicated by the location's favourable position and orientation. That may perhaps be the major performance of the Compass School. One of the dominant themes of Feng Shui has been the philosophy of the Eight Trigrams, which in ancient China were an integral part of the art of mathematics. In essence, the trigrams can be viewed as an octal system of binary numbers in which yin and yang are the basic units of one bit, either zero or one. Concurrently, the theories of the Five Elements, Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches evolved, integrating with the trigrams to form the core concepts considered by the Compass School.
- Subject
- Feng Shui; flying stars method; Compass School; built environment
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1353966
- Identifier
- uon:31166
- Identifier
- ISBN:9783447065924
- Language
- eng
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