Water Dragon Manual

Author: Jiang Pingjie
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Publishing Date: 2003-08-01
Features: Preface to the "Imperial Palace Rare Books Series" - Selection and Arrangement of the Art of Divination Category (Written by Hu Futan) Preface: The Relationship Between the Art of Divination and the Bagua and the I Ching (Written by Yi Xiao) Preface: General Discussion of the "Water Dragon Manual" - The Wonderful Operation of Qi Mechanism, Natural Water Methods, and Shape Songs (The original book does not have this general title) Dry Water City Wall Grid, Scattered Dry Water Grid, Branch Water Intersection Grid, Four Curved Water Facing Courtyards Grid, Six Curved Water Single Entanglement Grids, Five Two-Water Entanglement Grids, Water Entangling the Black Tortoise Grid (Four Types), Conventional Water Embracing Grid (Two Types), Curved Water Hook Grid, Curved Water Reverse Hook Grid, New Qi Facing Courtyard Grid (Two Types) The "Water Dragon Manual" - Part 2 Discussion (The original book does not have this general title) Far-Facing Prosperous and Elegant Grid (Two Types), Curved Water School Flying Grid, Lake and Marsh Sand Gathering Grid (Eleven Types), Lake and Marsh Sand Gathering Grid (Two Types), Observing the Dragon's Momentum, Boundary Water Embracing Grid, Boundary Water Front Embracing Grid, Single Water Horizontal Barrier Grid (Three Types), Flowing Spirit Water Gathering Grid (Five Types), Boundary Water Indifference (Three Types), Incoming Water Hitting the City (Two Types), Water City Reverse Bounce (Two Types), Curved Water Slanting Flight The "Water Dragon Manual" - Part 3 General Discussion and Part Discussion (The original book does not have this general title) Miscellaneous Discussion - On Branches and Roots, On the Five Stars, On the Four Beasts, On Form and Layout, On Encircling, On Embracing, On Reversal, On Unusual Forms The "Water Dragon Manual" - Part 4 General Discussion and Formulas Part Discussion (The original book does not have this general title) On Copy Estimation, On Forking, On Breaking and Intersecting, On Shooting, On Wrapping, On Cutting, On Image Shaping, On Arrangement, On Slanting Twin Dragon Grid, Pool and Marsh Grid The "Water Dragon Manual" - Part 5 Continuation of the "Water Dragon Manual" - Part 2 Continuation of the "Water Dragon Manual" - Part 3 Continuation of the "Water Dragon Manual" - Part 4 The "Water Dragon Manual" - Upper Volume of Yin and Yang Houses The "Water Dragon Manual" - Lower Volume of Yin and Yang Houses Postscript by the Editor Reference Books This book is one of the "Imperial Palace Rare Books Series" in the category of the Art of Divination for Feng Shui. The original book is stored in the Imperial Palace and is a fine handwritten copy from the Kangxi era of the Qing Dynasty, with excellent quality and high version value. In ancient China, there was a school of Feng Shui known as the Form Method, with many books, but they all focused on finding dragons, capturing veins, setting points and directions, and identifying auspicious and inauspicious sand formations. The discussion on water shapes and methods, as well as their goodness or badness, was merely touched upon briefly and often added as a postscript (such as the "Ping Sha Yu Chi Jing" published by our press). However, this book focuses specifically on the form and qi of water, explaining that water shapes have differences such as winding, returning, encircling, slanting, straight rushing, reversing, and coming and going, as well as combining and separating. It also explores the origins of water's form and qi from the perspective of Liqi Tianxing, directions, and drinking shapes, which all reflect the auspiciousness or inauspiciousness of water's form and qi. The original book provides detailed discussions on various methods of identifying water and setting up layouts for Yin and Yang houses, with illustrations and descriptions. The editor has also added a few additional illustrations based on the needs of the explanations, hoping to make it clearer how ancient people actually selected sites for Yin and Yang houses. This book is a classic work on the study of the Water Dragon. The Art of Divination contains a vast and diverse range of content, and it has been misunderstood for a long time. To help readers gain a comprehensive and correct understanding of the Art of Divination, this series has invited relevant experts to write two prefaces. The first preface primarily clarifies the position of the Art of Divination in traditional Chinese culture, while the second preface primarily answers the question: What is the Art of Divination?