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GFSA Multilingual Feng Shui and Yijing Glossary

Explore reviewed feng shui and Yijing terminology by subject, compare names across languages, trace public definitions to source snapshots, and understand differences among schools and cultures.

Interpretive boundary: The library documents terminology, sources and present-day usage. It does not establish scientific causation, medical effectiveness, legal status, one orthodox school or a guaranteed service result.
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Book of Burial (Zangshu)

中文:《葬書》 English: Book of Burial (Zangshu) 日本語:『葬書』 한국어: 《장서》

Classics and textual transmission

Book of Burial (Zangshu) (《葬書》) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, An influential burial-geomancy text traditionally attributed to Guo Pu, discussing qi, wind, water,...

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Dili Wujue (Five Essentials of Geography)

中文:《地理五訣》 English: Dili Wujue (Five Essentials of Geography) 日本語:『地理五訣』 한국어: 《지리오결》

Classics and textual transmission

Dili Wujue (Five Essentials of Geography) (《地理五訣》) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, The title of a Qing-period work organizing geomantic method around dragon, focal...

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Qingnang Jing

中文:《青囊經》 English: Qingnang Jing 日本語:『青囊経』 한국어: 《청낭경》

Classics and textual transmission

Qingnang Jing (《青囊經》) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, The title of a short classic valued in later geomantic traditions and centred on Heaven-Earth, yin-yang, Five...

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Qingnang Xu

中文:《青囊序》 English: Qingnang Xu 日本語:『青囊序』 한국어: 《청낭서》

Classics and textual transmission

Qingnang Xu (《青囊序》) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, A geomantic text traditionally attributed to Zeng Wenchuan and linked to Yang Yunsong lineages, often cited for...

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Tianyu Jing

中文:《天玉經》 English: Tianyu Jing 日本語:『天玉経』 한국어: 《천옥경》

Classics and textual transmission

Tianyu Jing (《天玉經》) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, A verse-form text repeatedly commented on in Sanyuan, Xuan Kong and other geomantic traditions, concerning trig...

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Yijing (Book of Changes)

中文:易經 English: Yijing (Book of Changes) 日本語:易経 한국어: 역경

Classics and textual transmission

The Yijing, or Zhouyi, is a Chinese classic comprising statements associated with sixty-four hexagrams and lines together with layered interpretive traditions. It has been used for divination and as a text for reflection...

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