Liu Fa Feng Shui

Liu Fa
Posted by howardchoy under feng shui | Tags: Lin Zhi-Rong., Liu Fa, Tan Yang-Wu, Xuan Kong Kiu Fa |
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A new book written in Chinese by Lin Zhi-Rong 林志榮, a Taiwanese Feng Shui master has just came on the market, showing how Master Tan Yuan-Wu’s 談養吾 Xuan Kong Liu Fa 玄空六法 works in theory and in practice.

At the end of the book, he gave three work samples and I found one of them particularly interesting from a FS architect point of view, because he first amended the original design in a sensible way and then use the Liqi theories to support his redesign.

Below showed the work sample in question and if we look at them carefully we can see the core idea of Liu Fa is to “fen ci xiong” 分雌雄 and “na sheng qi” 納生氣 of the period by paying special attentions to the location of the Ling Shen and Zheng Shen for timeliness by lining up the furniture, windows and doors. The concept of “one item, one Taiji” is also evident at work and once the principles, and there are six of them are known, the applications are relatively easy to carry out.



Illustration 7.4 showed the original layout of an old public housing type, which has poor planning and inefficient use of space and circulation.



Illustration 7.5 showed the revised layout after Form analysis. The front door has been relocated to the right side and the bedrooms are grouped in the middle part of the house with a central corridor. All the windows and doorways are located in such a combination that they are in the Ling Shen position in relationship to the furniture, so as to na qi (take in or receive the sheng qi).



Illustration 7.6 showed if the centre of the house is used to Li-ji, then the relocated front door is to the NW1 (Xu) and the facing windows are also to the west, which are all Ling Shen directions for Period 8, hence they are auspicious, because Ling Shen should have movement and Zheng Shen should have stillness.



Illustration 7.7 and 7.8 showed if the user is used to Li-ji, then when the user is sitting on the sofa of the Living Room, he can “na” the auspicious sheng qi of the front door in the southwest (it should be northwest, the Qian direction as pointed out by Kit Hau), and when the occupant is lying in his or her bed, located in such a way that the doors are all in the Ling Shen directions to na sheng qi again.



There are some comments here:(I know it is Oct 2008)

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Kit Hau Says:

October 3, 2008 at 11:43 am

Dear Howard,

I am a Feng Shui student and have been reading your various articles in your previous website with much interest. I just saw your latest article on Liu Fa and noted a few anomalies (I humbly think):-

1. You said that the NW & N are Ling Shen in P8, it should be Zheng Shen (Ill. 7.6)
2. W.r.t. the living room sofa, the front door is in the NW (Qian), not SW (Ill. 7.7)

Your comments would be appreciated.

Regards,
Kit
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howardchoy Says:

October 10, 2008 at 8:13 pm

Hi Kit,

Thanks for reading my blog.

According to author Lin, in Period 8, Xu used the Water Kun Gua of the Fu-Mu Gua in Period 2 to obtain Wang Shui or the Prosperous Water, so Xu is Ling Shen and not Zheng Shen. The same applies to You (W2), so it is good to have a window there.

You are right about Qian, it should be northwest and not southwest - my typo mistake.

Regards,
Howard Choy
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Kit Hau Says:

October 21, 2008 at 10:06 am

Hello Howard,

Thanks for the clarifications.

However, my current knowledge is rather limited and I have difficulty to understand your statement: “in Period 8, Xu used the Water Kun Gua of the Fu-Mu Gua in Period 2 to obtain Wang Shui or the Prosperous Water”.

Do you mind explain a little, plse?

Regards,
Kit
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howardchoy Says:

October 21, 2008 at 12:10 pm

Hi Kit,

I have to post the Lower Era Period 8 chart on how to obtain the timely mountain and water for an explanation. But unfortunately I will be leaving for Santiago Chile in a couple of hours and I still have not packed, so you have to wait for a couple of weeks, after I return to Berlin, before I can give you an answer.

Regards,
Howard

The Six Schools of Xuan Kong

The Six Schools of Xuan Kong
Posted by howardchoy under feng shui | Tags: feixing, flying stars, Shen Zhu_nai, Xuan Kong, Xuan Kong Da Gua, Zhang Da-Hong, Zhang Xin-Yin |
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At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic era in China there were six major schools of Xuan Kong, they were the Wu Chang Pai (無常派), the Xiang Chu Pai (湘楚派), the Dian Nan Pai (滇南派), the Su Zhou Pai (蘇州派), the Guan Dong Pai (廣東派), and the Shang Yu Pa (上虞派). 　　　　

Out the six schools only the Wu Chang Pai, that is the Feixing Pai 飛星派 or the Flying Stars Schools as we know it today, headed by Zhang Zhong Shan 章仲山 at the time, flies the stars in the way that is genuinely Xuan Kong. The others did not really survived or at least they are not practiced much any more, with the exception of the Shang Yu Pai originated by Zhang Xin-Yin 張心言, and is popularly known nowadays the Yi Gua Pai 易卦派 or Xuan Kong Da Gua 玄空大卦, where it divided the 360 degrees of the western compass into 64 Hexagrams of approx 5.6 degrees each.

Because everyone is very secretive, it is difficult to known exactly how the other four school worked, except they tended to be static and don’t fly the stars. Some don’t worry about sitting or facing; they take Period 1 as Kan Qi, Period 2 as Kun Qi and Period 3 as Zhen Qi etc. (that is, using the Early Heaven Trigrams and matched them with the Luoshu numbers instead of using the Later Heaven Trigrams like Flying Stars do).

Some fixed the stars in a particular palace, like the Qian palace as the Sheng Qi palace, and the opposite Xun palace is the Tong Gua Qi (Connected Gua Qi), therefore a house that sits or faces these two directions are always auspicious.

Some chose a different way to fly the stars, for example the Fu Mu Gua (the Parent Gua) always fly reverse ending up always a reversed house.

Some used the facing as the Period Plate and the sitting as the period 5 plate, that is the sitting is always Period 5 and only the facing flies according to the period the house was built.

Some used the Hetu paring to work the period, for example if it is Period 1 then add 6 a to do the chart. It was a confusing time.

There are no connection between these schools and the Taoist sects; they are practiced more by region (eg Suzhou Pai and Guangdong Pai, etc), rather than by religion.

The most authentic and traditional was the Wu Chang Pai and still survived today, thanks to Master Shen Zhu-Nai, who cracked their secrets and wrote books on them to pass down to us.

There were six schools of Xuan Kong and only one was genuine, because Zhang Da-Hong, the lineage holder of the Xuan Kong system, insisted that their art be kept secret from the public, so many not belonging to the lineage, tried their best to interpret Zhang’s writing to come up with their own interpretations that are often incorrect.

Most teachers don’t mention the other four schools because they don’t existing at all as far as the general public is concerned, especially in the West, so there is no need to say anything about them, with the exception of Da Gua of course. It is usually distinguish from the Flying Stars by name and teaching.

Some do mix some of the other schools techniques in their interpretations, but it is seldom the case and if they do, they would call themselves a special name, like the Imperial School of Feng Shui or the Central China School of Feng Shui (Zhong Zhou Pai).

Gradually, Feng Shui is opening up in the West, so the chance of being ripped off by the charlatan teachers is getting less and less. But nevertheless be extremely careful in choosing the right teacher and course to begin your Feng Shui study, as your first teacher always has a deeper influence on your future development then other teachers who come after.

Below shows a Liji Ruler used by the Xuan Kong Feixing School.

Feng Shui color and material trend for 2009

Feng Shui colorjavascript:void(0) and material trend for 2009
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One of my students works for an interior design magazine and she wants to know just before Christmas last year how to use Feng Shui to predict the color and material trend for the coming year.

I told her Feng Shui prediction is done through correlative thinking, and one of the most widely used method is to associate the color and material with the elements of the coming year’s Stem and Branch and use the Wuxing Sheng-ke relationships to do the predictions.

It is more desirable to match the year’s elements; then use a good dose of generate-in, less dose of control-in, and avoid generate-out and control-out, unless one deems necessary. But she must also do the three following things as well:

One is to find out the trend for the current and past couple of years so she has a good sense of continuity from the past to present then she has a better chance of projecting her thoughts into the future.

Two is have a thorough understanding of the current social, political and economical situation of the world, in particular the country and the audience she writes for. The audience’s needs, fears and longings in a particular situation and time frame, should be addressed as fitful as possible in her predictions.

Three is to be general and not too specific in her predictions, and try not to pick a choice that will alienate too many people, but she has to be creative and slightly controversial at the same time to generate “ganying” (mutual response).

She asked me for an example, so I gave her the following practice piece, telling her this is a rough sketch because I have not done my proper research yet and my writing skill is geared for someone who knows a bit about how Feng Shui works and not for a more general audience. Her editor can help her better than I can in this aspect.

“With Yin Earth on Yin Earth, a receptive gray/yellow/brown organic earthy tone pallet will be the dominant Feng Shui color theme for the next year of the Ox. The accent is on a return to authentic and sustainable materials that makes one feels cool, protected and stable.

Next year’s color choice should make one feels nurtured and cared for. They are colors of hibernation deep deep down in the damp earth, but with a generous amount of fire red (generate in) accent to keep us warm and a little bit of wood green accent to keep us awake (control in).

If you ever dream of building a mud brick home, this is the year to do it, you don’t need to go and see your bank manager, just pick up a shovel and dig up the earth on your land to do it.

Make sure you mix the dirt with plenty of hay and water, don’t use corrugated iron for the roof, it will weaken the Earth, use an earth covered roof and grow grass on it for insulation instead.Don’t use metal windows either, use wooden ones instead and let them go gray naturally.

As for flooring material, it should be burnt clay or naturally exposed grayish concrete. Think Yin Earth with a little bit of warm Fire and naturally weathered Wood, being receptive and nurturing in your choice and you can’t go wrong in a Yin Earth on Yin Earth year of the Ox.”

Everything goes in cycles, I would like to think our 230 years old timber and mud farmhouse show below is trendy again in the year of the Ox. Come and spend a few days there, if you have the time:

杨淯珽测大马09年国运：农作丰、股市跌

二零零九年一月十九日 晚上六时四分

专访：郑儿
摄影：温华达

《光华日报》特别邀请易经风水学者杨淯珽师傅以易经和子平八字综合推算为《光华日报》读者分析己丑牛年行情。

逢牛年股市必跌

http://www.kwongwah.com.my/supplement/2009/01/19/11.html

古书曰：“虚湿之地，骑马亦忧”，因鲜花草木不喜水势泛滥，水太多其根会腐烂，在此就破解了一个密码为何马来西亚每逢丑年（牛年）经济和股市就会大跌，因为日支亥，时支子和流年丑在牛年会形成三会北方水局，水一太多，乙木日元的根就腐烂影响股市经济和国运下跌。过去的流年1973（癸丑）1985年（乙丑），综合指数曾大跌，1985年更跌至217.63点，1997年丁丑年的综合指数从1278.94点，狂泻至512.41点，总共跌了766.53 点，1997年的股灾，令人难忘，许多经历这场灾难的受难者，至今伤口仍未复原。




■ 杨淯珽师傅以易经和子平八字综合推算为读者分析己丑牛年行情。


杨淯珽师傅又综合马来西亚前理大教授蔡崇正博士发现的蔡氏同期区易经国运卦，坎为水卦为辅助，分析己丑牛年的国家经济股市行情。坎为水卦为易经六十四卦里的四大难卦之一，难即困难的意思，彖曰习坎，重险也。水流而不盈，行险而不失其信。维心亨，乃以刚中也。行有尚，往有功也。天险不可升也，地险山川丘陵也，王公设险以守其国，坎之时用大矣哉！象曰水三存，习坎；君子以常德行，习教事。卦诗：二水重重为习坎，险中之险未能通。久恒其德存中正，不失孚诚动有功。



■ 杨淯珽小档案：
杨淯珽师傅来自沙巴斗湖，自幼对中华五术有浓厚兴趣，1987年开始拜师正式学习紫微斗数、风水、八字、易经、八卦等数术；曾跟大马、中国、台湾廿多位各派名师学艺，并曾为多家挂牌公司勘察风水，也时常受邀到外国为大企业和商贤指点风水及布局，其客户从贩夫走卒至达官贵人，每个客户，经他指点后，都有长足的进展，因此，他们对他都有很好的评价。

己丑流年得此卦主重险重难，凡是多阻少成，主下降，占得坎卦有三年之灾难，须安分守己方可免灾，国家领导宜守德行，行德政以守为攻，道德败坏者必凶。另外杨师傅又再综合通胜中的皇帝地母经中的预测：

“高低得成穗，燕鲁遭刀兵，赵卫奸妖溃，春夏豆麦丰，秋多苗谷媚，王女田中卧，耕夫多困睡，桑叶自青青，蚕娘少相会”

地母曰：“岁名值破田，人病不安然，但到秋收后，早晚得团员，金玉满街道，罗绮不成钱”

中国恐有战争

年逢己丑有戈兵，奔走彷徨岂俗情，赵卫人民遭溃乱，鲁燕城郭被兼并，亚洲的龙头老大中国在己丑年恐怕会有战争或乱世，因为如果从过去的历史和预测学的周期理论来推算的话，1989年为廿年周期，中国天安门六四事件；六十年周期，也就是上一个己丑牛年中国的重大事故为国共战争，国民党败走台湾，中华人民共和国正式成立，共产党执政至今；六十年后的重复己丑牛年，中共会否趁美国元气大伤时，进攻台湾呢？

在另一个周期72年前的牛年为1937年7月7日，为七.七卢沟桥事变，日本煌军进攻中国大陆随后发生南京大屠杀，从种种因素推算己丑牛年不利中国，会否是民反、藏独分子、恐怖分子、日本或台湾因素引起的事件，还是天灾？



■ 72年前的牛年为1937年7月7日，为七.七卢沟桥事变，日本煌军进攻中国大陆随后发生南京大屠杀。








另外，燕即今日的北京、鲁即山东、赵卫为河南，中原今年恐怕要加倍小心，因为中国为亚洲的经济龙头，如果引发乱世，恐怕会为世界各国的经济雪上加霜，更会把股市推入深渊。

己丑不利纳吉


马来西亚政局纷乱不断，阿都拉交棒给纳吉做首相后，如果以守为攻，行仁德之政，利惠人民定可度过此难关，己丑年巫统党选，选后失意分子会不会过档民联，引发政治危机，如果强行举行大选，以强硬手法对付反对党的话，马来西亚恐怕会发生乱事，经济和股市将下跌得更惨，百业萧条，人民的生活更百上加斤，苦不堪言；另纳吉的八字在子平命理在己丑年也是不吉，民联会否执政呢？政治在马来西亚也是乱象丛生之象。

农作物大丰收

己丑年的农作物今大丰收，因为闰年的缘故今年可以吃到很便宜的榴莲、山竹、红毛丹等水果，棕油也大丰收，但物多必贱，棕油价格不见回升。

股市将会在己丑年进入谷底，尤其是在阳历7月7日后大跌，另一个大跌、一泻千里的日子为7月22日，该日为本世纪最长的日蚀，股市更是雪上加霜，因为国运卦坎为水，在秋、冬两季，金旺水旺更加重水势。

最困难的日子将会在秋季和冬季（三个月为一季），股市在阳历12月22日后才会好转，否极泰来，综合指数的最低点会落在600点（坎为水为一.六共宗），或 500多点己丑为土（五，十之数）反弹，但因为占得坎为水卦，股市和经济需要三年才能恢复往日的好景和光辉，即综指回到一千五百点以上的水平。

分析大马国运

今年杨师傅会从马来西亚的独立日八字和易经国运卦切入，分析和预测己丑牛年国运行情，大马独立日八字是：丁酉年戊申月乙亥日丙子时。

八字是以日元，即出生日的天干代表自己，也就是代表马来西亚本身。乙木天干代表大马的先天命数，乙木在大自然中为鲜花藤草等植物。他说，古书《滴天髓》曰：“乙木虽柔，画羊解牛，怀丁抱丙；跨凤乘猴，虚湿之地，骑马亦忧，藤萝系甲，可春可秋。”杨师傅分析说，乙木生在秋天申月，酉乃七杀正官当令，庚金克木，幸好年柱及时柱的天干见丙丁火，可制煞（七杀及正宫），金为用助身生财。古书的怀丁抱丙，跨凤乘猴的意思是见到丙丁火，就不怕凤（酉）和猴（申）金克木，因为丙丁火能克金，助木；制金的萧杀气势，并使花草藤木可以得到太阳的普照，获得阳光（丙火）而生机勃勃，乙木生在申月为水的长生之地，日支和时支见亥子水，水势太重，水多木漂。

危机即转机

但是危机即转机，如果手上有现金的人士可在此数十年难得一见的经济股市最低时期，以最便宜的价格买到好股和优质产业，大发乱世财，没有现金的人士，只好自求多福，以俭度日，以守为攻了。

过了己丑牛年后的马来西亚，将挥别最困难的一年，否极泰来，迎接另一个更加美好的将来，国运日渐昌隆。

九天玄女庙

马来西亚雪州加影的凤凰山上，有一个龙天宫，就竖立了九天玄女庙。

传说这个庙是以两千万令吉兴建，可见这一间香火非常鼎盛的庙宇。

此庙坐酉向卯，龟甲空亡正线，适宜建庙，青龙献珠，正向以龙珠为岸，正对山为朝，有左青龙伏拜，右有白虎据守，偏右远处更有灵蝠来朝。



















九天玄女为风水祖师，传说风水是由九天玄女传给白鹤先师，后者又传予邱延翰，而邱延翰，而邱延翰再把风水术传给杨筠松，即杨救贫先师。



因此，现在学风水术者，要拜的祖师，其实就是九天玄女。

新年傳統賀詞語帶雙關‧拜年忌說“裁員滾滾”

新加坡‧新年傳統賀詞語帶雙關‧拜年忌說“裁員滾滾”
2009-01-14 19:35
（新加坡）牛年預料將刮裁員風，拜年最忌說“裁員滾滾”（財源滾滾）！
目前世道不景氣，使到許多國人在迎接牛年時，還為生計憂心。本地網上最近就流傳，為了能平平安安的過個年，許多傳統的賀詞可能語帶雙關，不可隨便說出口，以免一語成讖！
兩夫妻睡覺前可以做甚麼？可以做很多事情。做老婆的在這時候有9句話絕對不能說，切記！
其中，今年最忌的賀詞就是“財源滾滾”，以免被祝賀的人在新年後就遭裁退，被令滾蛋。
其它牛年不能說的話，包括“招財進寶”，以免變成“遭裁禁飽”。
也別說︰“萬事如意”，因為“萬市如憶”（股市萬點，已成追憶）。
“心想事成”也被列入“不能說的賀語”中，因為聽起來像“薪餉四層”。
“鴻圖大展”也會變成“紅屠大斬”，“財源廣進”則像咒人“裁員廣盡”。
最忌喝仙草蜜
而牛年最忌喝的飲料，是仙草蜜，因為諧音是“先炒ME”！
就是說，任何有“財”字的賀語在來臨的農曆新年都會讓人特別敏感，最好就是說一句傳統的“恭賀新禧”，就萬無一失。
風水命理師教你行好運
新的一年充滿變數，民俗家和風水命理師傅認為，大家在過新年時更應該樣樣新，多說吉利的話和在年初六送“窮神”，以祝願自己和家人在新的一年裡平安、順利和吉祥。
風水民俗學家和風水命理師和大家分享在過新年時應注意的一些習俗：
風水民俗學家：
穿著一身“新”
＊送“窮神”︰任何時間都可以進行。把一些舊衣物或用具捐給慈善機構。
＊衣著︰新年最好能穿得一身“新”，而且不妨多穿紅衣，尤其是今年，經濟前景不明朗，就更應該穿新衣、新鞋、新的“內在美”，然後剪或電個新發型，代表新的心情和新的氣象，也象徵萬象一新的意思。
＊慶祝農曆新年期間，避免說不吉利或負面的話如衰、慘、倒霉、悲哀、死、壞、破、輸、發霉等；大家應多說吉利的話如好、吉祥、很好、恭喜發財等。
＊另外，儘量避免在慶祝新年期間弄壞杯、碟或碗盤。萬一掉落地上，碎片散一地，就要說句吉利的話︰“哇！落地開花呀！”、“舊的不去，新的不來”等。
＊年初三之前，也就是農曆新年首3天，最好不要動掃把。尤其是大年初一，傳說大年初一那天是掃把的生日，就讓掃把休息休息吧。
＊即使是掃地，也不要把垃圾掃到屋外，因為它們都是“財”，要把它們留在屋內。
＊新年期間，儘量不要罵小孩，要贊揚孩子們很乖，是個好孩子。
＊吃魚時，要留下魚頭和魚尾，取其“年年有餘”之意。
風水命理師：
初一到初七有禁忌
在歡慶春節的同時，年初一到初七也有一些禁忌。例如︰
＊在大年初五前掃地，會將屋內的好運及財富掃出門。過年期間也不要說不吉利的話，或談論與“死”有關的話題。
＊正月初一︰一般在初一祭拜神明，只用素菜，不用葷菜，因此也連帶不殺生。殺生會見血，視為不祥之兆。
＊初二︰這一天是出嫁的女兒回娘家的時候。女婿送給娘家的禮物，必須是雙數，單數則不吉利。
＊初三︰俗稱為“赤狗日”，赤狗是謐怒之神，遇之則不祥。俗例認為此日也不宜外或宴客。
＊初四︰為“接神”的日子。灶神會在臘月24日升天，向玉皇大帝奏報，並在這一天返回人間。由於灶王爺要點查戶口，因此人人都守在家中迎接灶神，忌出門。
＊初五︰“五忙日”禁止動土。
＊初七︰“人日”又稱為“七煞口”，忌出遠門。

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2009年己丑牛年流年神煞祈福消灾道法
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己丑牛年十二神煞简介
生肖 神煞 简述
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