Sui and Tang Dynasties: a clear trajectory

The development of Chinese Feng Shui in the Tang and Song dynasties has officially entered a mature period, which is marked by the maturity of Feng Shui theory and the formation of a clear line of teachers and traditions. A large number of classic Feng Shui masterpieces appeared and spread widely, which influenced the Feng Shui theory and its application in the world for thousands of years.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, a large number of fengshui books have appeared, and there are dozens of them in official records alone. There are 13 types of fengshui books recorded in "Sui Shu·Ji Ji Zhi San", such as "Five Surname Tombs" and "Five Yinxiang Tomb Books" It can also be seen from this that in the beginning of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Feng Shui theories and schools were still on the eve of evolution, and they were also influenced by the theory of five-tone surname Li. This influence still had a legacy until the Song Dynasty. At this time, the distinction and theory of Xingfa School and Liqi School have not been established yet. From the middle and late Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, the situation has undergone a fundamental change. Some theoretically mature and perfect classics appeared in large numbers, and had a profound impact on later generations. For example, there are 15 types of Feng Shui books listed in "Old Tang Book • Jing Ji Zhi" and "New Tang Book • Yi Wen Zhi". Among them, there are

The famous "Burial Sutra" and so on. In the Song Dynasty, as many as 51 types of feng shui books were recorded in "Song History • Art and Literature History".

In the Tang Dynasty, there were dozens of feng shui masters in the official history, such as Li Chunfeng, Yuan Tianli, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Qiu Yanhan, and the ancestor of Fengshui was Yang Junsong. Although Yang has no biography in Zhengshi, his person has the status of the ancestor in the establishment and inheritance of Feng Shui school.

Yang Junsong, whose name is Yi, is written as Shumao, who claims to be Mr. Zong Zong, was a native of Tang Xizong. Although there is no biography in Tang history, it is mentioned in "Song History•Art and Literature History", calling it Yang Jiupian. According to textual research, Yang was a native of Tang Douzhou (now Xinyi County, Guangdong). He was named a national teacher in Tang Xizong. The official worshiped Dr. Jin Ziguanglu, and he was in charge of Lingtai geography. The Huang Chao uprising invaded Chang'an, and the Yang family escaped to Huaide Township, Ningdu, Ganzhou (in present-day Jiangxi) from the palace. In Ganzhou, he passed on the techniques he learned to Tongli Liao San, who passed on to his son, and then to his son-in-law, Wugong Lang Xie Shinan, and Shinan to his son, Wugong doctor Haihuizhou inspector Yongxi. . From this, Yang founded the Luantou School of Fengshui, also called Xingfa School, which mainly emphasized the situation of the mountain (dragon) veins. The dragon, sand, water, and acupoints are all based on the situation as the main judgement basis, not the location. Zong's. The works of later generations with his name are

"The Sutra of Shaking Dragon", "The Suspicious Dragon Sutra", "Tianyu Sutra", "Australian Language of Qing Nang", "The Preface of Qing Nang", "Du Tian Bao Zhao Jing" etc. This is also not clarified in the "Summary of the Siku Quanshu" by Ji Xiaolan as the editor-in-chief. On the contrary, Ding Ruipu, a Qing dynasty person, analyzed in "Feng Shui Qudou" that only the "Three Dragon Classics", namely "Shaking Dragon Classic", "Dragon Suspicious Classic" and "Tianyu Classic" are the real works of Yang's, and the others are false trusts.

"Shaking Dragon Scripture" is the most representative of Yang's works. In this book, he compared the general trend of the world to the bones of the heavens and the earth and the spine of human beings. He described the overall trend of the mountains in China, and put forward the evaluation theory system of the Luantou faction. He also analyzed the nine forms of mountains in detail. Trend and the essentials of setting up acupuncture points. When Analyzing Dragon Vessels, "Shaking Dragon Scripture" puts forward the theory of star peak correspondence, not only depends on the corresponding situation of the stars under the stars, but also analyzes the spirit of the mountain dragon. At the same time, not only the dragon is judged by the star peaks in the high places, but there are also real dragons in the low places. In terms of theoretical construction, the "Shaking Dragon Scripture" fully borrowed the concept of China from ancient times to the Big Dipper, plus the two stars of the Emperor and Ziwei, a total of nine stars, and completely borrowed it into the analysis of the Feng Shui situation, dividing the mountain situation into the greedy wolf and giant gate , Lu Cun, Wenqu, Lian Zhen,

Wuqu, Pojun, Zuofu, and Youbi Jiuxing respectively described the typical forms of Jiuxing and the correspondence between good and bad, and established the evaluation terminology system for the Fengshui theory of later generations of situation school (Luantou school).

In the Tang Dynasty, there is another Feng Shui classic that occupies an important position in the history of Feng Shui theory and has a profound influence on later generations. This is the "House Jing" (also called "The Yellow Emperor's House Jing"). It was called by the famous scholar Ji Xiaolan in the Qing dynasty as "the most recent one among the shushu". According to research, the original "Zhai Jing" did not pretend to be the Yellow Emperor. It was the later generation of technicians who entrusted the name of the Yellow Emperor in order to facilitate the dissemination. The book was written roughly in the early Tang Dynasty. "Zhai Jing" is the oldest surviving Yangzhai Fengshui book. It proposes a systematic evaluation system for the good and bad judgments of Yangzhai Fengshui. South and Xubei draw a dividing line and they are divided into two types: Yangzhai and Yinzhai; four indicators for judging the good and evil of the house are proposed-whether the yin and yang are combined to judge the good and the bad, and the size of the house is used to judge the good and the bad, which is famous. The theory of the five realities and five emptiness, which is based on the taboo of choosing the day of prosperity and decline, and the order of building houses and the internal structure of the structure, etc. According to the directions of the twenty-four roads, the "House Jing" also explains the various directions in detail, divided into two categories: yin house and yang house.

The requirements of building height and size regulation.

Famous works of the Xingfa School in the Tang Dynasty include Bu Yingtian's "Xuexin Fu" and so on. In the form of Fu, "Xuexin Fu" discusses in detail the methods of landscape qi veins, dragon and tiger sand acupoints, etc., which is quite insightful. The whole article is divided into about 18 sections, discussing the origin of landscape, the separation and combination of qi and veins, the transformation of five stars, the method of water, the movement of the dragon vein, the true and false of the dragon cave, the dragon and tiger, the method of burial, the selection, the ancestral grave of the immortal, the dragon, the water mouth, Luocheng in the mountains and flat land, sand and water regardless of position, dragon body noble gas, shape acupuncture point, general discussion of landscape, and Yang house. The last section is supplementary theory. It can be said to be comprehensive, thoroughly researched, deep into the original heart, and beautifully written. Xu Shi, a well-known geographer in the Ming Dynasty, commented that "ci is clear and clear, and it is easy to observe later, and it will lead people to a better environment." Although this article has not been included in the "Tang Shu·Yi Wen Zhi" and later official records. , But it is respected by the Fengshui scholars of the past generations, especially the Xingfa school, and is known as a masterpiece of Chinese Fengshui.

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