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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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Xue (Focal Site)

中文:穴 English: Xue (Focal Site) 日本語:穴 한국어: 혈

Landform and site morphology

Xue (Focal Site) (穴) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, A focal location identified within mountain-water relations as receiving or concentrating favourable site cond...

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East-Four and West-Four Mansions

中文:東四宅與西四宅 English: East-Four and West-Four Mansions 日本語:東四宅・西四宅 한국어: 동사택·서사택

Schools and methods

East-Four and West-Four Mansions (東四宅與西四宅) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, The Eight-Mansions grouping of Kan, Li, Zhen and Xun as East-Four houses and Qian, Kun, ...

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Eight Mansions

中文:八宅 English: Eight Mansions 日本語:八宅 한국어: 팔택

Schools and methods

Eight Mansions (八宅) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, A method classifying dwellings by trigram based on sitting or doorway orientation and discussing layout through...

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Flying-Star Chart

中文:飛星盤 English: Flying-Star Chart 日本語:飛星盤 한국어: 비성반

Schools and methods

Flying-Star Chart (飛星盤) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, A calculated Nine-Palace chart arranging period, mountain and facing stars under specified rules. It should...

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Najia

中文:納甲 English: Najia 日本語:納甲 한국어: 납갑

Schools and methods

Najia (納甲) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, A family of correspondences assigning Heavenly Stems, Earthly Branches or related data to trigrams and lines. Jing Fang ...

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Nine Stars

中文:九星 English: Nine Stars 日本語:九星 한국어: 구성

Schools and methods

Nine Stars (九星) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, A set of star-number symbols named from One White through Nine Purple and correlated with Luoshu numbers, Five Phas...

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Sanhe School

中文:三合派 English: Sanhe School 日本語:三合派 한국어: 삼합파

Schools and methods

Sanhe School (三合派) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, A family of traditions combining form and compass analysis through Branch harmonies, relationships among dragon,...

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Sanhe Water Method

中文:三合水法 English: Sanhe Water Method 日本語:三合水法 한국어: 삼합수법

Schools and methods

Sanhe Water Method (三合水法) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, A family of Sanhe methods relating incoming water, outgoing water, water gate and facing to Stem-Branch a...

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Sanyuan School

中文:三元派 English: Sanyuan School 日本語:三元派 한국어: 삼원파

Schools and methods

Sanyuan School (三元派) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, A family of compass traditions organized around the Three Cycles and Nine Periods, Luoshu Nine Palaces and tem...

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Xuan Kong

中文:玄空 English: Xuan Kong 日本語:玄空 한국어: 현공

Schools and methods

Xuan Kong (玄空) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, An umbrella term for compass traditions concerned with time, space and changing qi patterns. Modern usage often asso...

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Xuan Kong Flying Stars

中文:玄空飛星 English: Xuan Kong Flying Stars 日本語:玄空飛星 한국어: 현공비성

Schools and methods

Xuan Kong Flying Stars (玄空飛星) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, A Xuan Kong method distributing nine stars through the Nine Palaces according to period, sitting, fac...

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Earlier-Heaven Bagua

中文:先天八卦 English: Earlier-Heaven Bagua 日本語:先天八卦 한국어: 선천팔괘

Yijing symbol systems

Earlier-Heaven Bagua (先天八卦) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, A later trigram arrangement commonly attributed to Fuxi and read through paired oppositions and ideal o...

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Eight Trigrams (Bagua)

中文:八卦 English: Eight Trigrams (Bagua) 日本語:八卦 한국어: 팔괘

Yijing symbol systems

The bagua are eight basic trigrams made from three broken or unbroken lines, commonly named Qian, Kun, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Li, Gen and Dui. Yijing commentary, image-and-number traditions and later cultural practices associat...

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Gua (Trigram or Hexagram Figure)

中文:卦 English: Gua (Trigram or Hexagram Figure) 日本語:卦 한국어: 괘

Yijing symbol systems

Gua (Trigram or Hexagram Figure) (卦) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, A symbolic figure composed of yin and yang lines. Three lines form one of the Eight Trigrams a...

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Later-Heaven Bagua

中文:後天八卦 English: Later-Heaven Bagua 日本語:後天八卦 한국어: 후천팔괘

Yijing symbol systems

Later-Heaven Bagua (後天八卦) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, The widely used arrangement assigning the trigrams to east, southeast, south, southwest, west, northwest,...

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Nine Palaces

中文:九宮 English: Nine Palaces 日本語:九宮 한국어: 구궁

Yijing symbol systems

Nine Palaces (九宮) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, A nine-position framework consisting of a centre and eight surrounding directions, often combined with Luoshu num...

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Sixty-Four Hexagrams

中文:六十四卦 English: Sixty-Four Hexagrams 日本語:六十四卦 한국어: 육십사괘

Yijing symbol systems

Sixty-Four Hexagrams (六十四卦) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, The sixty-four six-line figures formed by pairing the Eight Trigrams. They structure the received Yijin...

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Yao (Line)

中文:爻 English: Yao (Line) 日本語:爻 한국어: 효

Yijing symbol systems

Yao (Line) (爻) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, The basic line-position from which trigrams and hexagrams are composed. Yang lines are normally solid and yin lines ...

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