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| This Feng Shui Glossary contains all of the important terms used in all methods of feng shui. If you are a practitioner, you can use this to test your knowledge. Should you find something here that you would like to learn, then we probably have a course that can teach you. For details, just contact The Feng Shui Institute quoting the subject that is of interest to you. If you are new to feng shui, then this glossary will provide an outline and show the depth of true, traditional feng shui. | |
Feng Shui Schools |
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| Xuan kong liu pai gai shuo | The 6 Flying Star schools. |
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chang pai Xiang chu pai Dian nan pai Su zhou pai Guan dong pai Shang yu pai |
Wuchang school;
one of six schools of xuankong |
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Xuan kong Xuan kong da gua pai |
Mysterious void - 60 year period time and space school of Feng Shui. Mysterious Void Wind and Water School of Great Divinatory Symbols (Trigrams and/or Hexagrams) |
| Yuan kong | 60 year period time and space (school of fengshui) |
| Ba
gua pai Ba zhai pai Wu xing pai Fan gua pai Li qi Li qi pai Qi men dun jia pai San he pai Xiang shu pai Shu fang pai Zi wei dou shu pai |
Eight trigrams
school of fengshui |
Feng Shui terms |
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Feng Shui Nian shen
fang wei |
Wind and
Water Positions of the year gods |
Ten Heavenly Stems - Shi tian gan |
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Jia 2 Yi 3 Bing 4 Ding 5 Wu 6 Ji 7 Geng 8 Xin 9 Ren 10 Gui |
Bud
- the sign of growth, Thumbnail. Helmet. Sprout - the spread of growth, bursting forth from Mother Earth Concentrated growth like fire in the house. Maturity, solidity, Heavens kiss. Bee sting. Flourishing and nuturing. Full bloom Havesting and abundance. Fullness leading to change Dead heading, reformation. Sustenance, supporting life. Regenerating roots and preparation for spring. |
12 Earthly branches - Shi er di zhi |
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Zi - Rat 2 Chou - Ox 3 Yin - Tiger 4 Mao - Rabbit 5 Chen - Dragon 6 Si - Snake 7 Wu - Horse 8 Wei - Sheep 9 Shen - Monkey 10 You - Rooster 11 Xu Dog 12 Hai - Pig |
Young shoot of a plant. Gate of yin and yang. Young plant supported by stick. Celebration of sping and New Year. Life springing forth. Spring equinox. Pregnant and timid. Easter. Estrogen. 7 months pregnant with fully formed embryo. Summer solstice. height of yang cycle and beginning of yin. Big tree with solid branches. Expansion. Harvest, celebration. Clearing and prepration. Conception, mating of yin with yang |
Twenty four mountains - Er shi si shan |
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1 Zi- Rat |
352.5 - 7.5
degrees. Yin |
Form School - xing shi pai |
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Si ling shou |
Four
Celestial Animals White Tiger - western palace Blue/green Dragon - eastern palace Dark Warrior/Black Tortoise - northern palace Red Bird - southern palace Dragon veins Mountain, mountain ridge Mountain valley Mountain dragon Mountains and waters Water dragon Bright hall - Space in front of site Noxious breath |
Time periods |
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Ri |
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I Ching -The Book of Changes |
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Liu shi si
gua 31 Xian Jun ming Yijing
Wen wang
gua Shi |
Sixty four
hexagrams Mutual Influence Style of Jing Fang (77-37 B.C.) I Ching "Book of Changes"
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Four Pillars Chinese Astrology |
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Ba zi Si zhu |
Four
pillars of Destiny - Chinese form of Eight Characters astrology |
Flying stars |
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Fei xing Wang |
Flying
stars One white - Greedy Wolf Two black - Enormous Gate Three blue-green/jade-green; - Salary Preserved Four green - Literary star Five yellow - Chasteness and Purity Six white - Military and authority star Seven red - Broken Army Eight white - Left Assistant Nine purple - Right Assistant Host star Guest star Castle /city gate String of pearls - stars in a sequence of 1-2-3, 2-3-4 etc, in each luo shu palace. Three fates san ban gua (1-4-7, 2-5-8, 3-6-9) in each luo shu palace Mountain star Water star Facing star "bullfight sha" 2-3 star combination Timely star (same as period star) (same as star in command) Replacement star "Seventh star robbery" method, to manipulate qi Correct positioning of mountain and water stars Above mountain see shang shan xia shui Above mountain and below water also known as out of place mountain and water and reversed house Prosperity Mirror spirit (secondary auspicious star) Upright spirit (the timely star) Method of purple and white/ purple and white secret Chart of neighbouring stars Opposite meaning, reversed [repeat] Repeat charting High tower star Losing the yun |
Luo Pan Traditional Chinese Compass |
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| Luo jing pan | Luopan (fengshui compass) |
| San yuan luo jing pan |
3 cycle compass |
| Zong he luo jing pan | Combined luopan also known as zonghe combination of sanhe luopan and sanyuan luopan |
| Tai yi jiu
gong pan |
Tai yi nine palace luopan |
| Jiang pan | San yuan luopan from Master Jiang Dahong |
| San he luo jing pan | Three combinations san he |
| Si nan |
Older form of luopan based on dipper and used a large spoon |
| Nei pan | Inside circle plate part of luo pan |
| Tian qi | Heaven's pool centre of luopan |
| Tian pan | Heaven plate |
| Di pan | Earth plate |
| Wai pan | Outer plate - the square base |
| Zheng zhen di pan | Correct needle of the earth plate on luo pan |
| Kong feng | Junction between the 24 mountains |
| Shi pan pan | Han dynasty divination plate |
| Ba Gua | Eight trigrams |
| Qian | Heaven |
| Kun | Earth |
| Zhen | Thunder |
| Xun | Wind |
| Kan | Water |
| Li | Fire |
| Gen | Mountain |
| Dui | Lake |
| San cai | Three Gifts - Heaven, Earth, and Man symbolized by Heaven, Earth and Man plates of the 24 mountains ring |
| Tian xin shi dao | Heaven center cross line - red cross lines |
| Ba kong wang | Eight void/evil lines - trigram divisions affecting facings 22.5, 67.5, 112.5, 157.5, 202.5, 247.5, 292.5 and 337.5 degrees |
| Si kong wang | Void (evil) lines 0, 90, 180, 270 degrees |
| Chu gua | Out of the trigram |
| Qi xian | Line between trigrams on luopan |
| Xiang | Facing direction of a house or a tomb |
| Zuo | Sitting direction of a house or a tomb |
| Wai ba gua | Outer bagua |
| Xia chuan | Direction from where water flows away from the site |
| Xia gua tu | Chart of lower trigrams |
| Xia shui | Below water |
| Xiang dui | Opposite,to oppose,face to face, relative |
| Xie | To leak out, drain,vent,scatter,disperse,dissipate, reveal |
| Form or formation refers to mountain and water formations and is used to describe the nature of energy as determined by the mountain's appearance or the pattern of waterways | |
| Xing du | "Passing degrees" 28 lunar mansions |
| Xue | Cave, den, hole,lair of the dragon - site with an accumulation of qi - where energy converges |
| Xun long | to seek the dragon, by fengshui rules, which belongs to and surrounds a grave site |
| Yang sheng shui | Life-giving water |
| Yang zhai | Yang dwelling - houses |
| Yin zhai | Yin dweling - tombs |
| Yuan chen shui | "source water", the water in front of the site |
| Zhen wu | Structure intended to ward off evil influences, such as pagoda or stone lion |
| Zhi | Restriction |
| Zhi long | Straight dragon |
| Zhi sha | Restricting suppression |
| Zong miao | Royal ancestral temple |
| Zou shu | Written report; writen memorial presented to the emperor or one of auspicious spirits li shi; bo shi; can shi etc. |
| An ma ni ba mi hong | Chinese version of Tibetan mantra "Om Mani Padme Hum" |
| Ba sha huang quan | The Eight Evil Spirits of the Yellow Springs (Underworld) |
| Bi he | Comparatively harmonious |
| Can shi | Silkworm room |
| Chu | Outward, goes out, exit |
| Cun | Inch |
| Li | Unit of length - 500 meters |
| Da fu | Senior officer |
| Dai wang shui | Water for prosperity and high rank |
| Dang ling | "serving as commander", "in season" |
| Dao shan dao shui | "arrive mountain and arrive facing (water)" |
| De ling xing | To obtain or get the command star |
| Di xian | Sink low star |
| Di zhi | Twelve earthy branches |
| Du tian | Capital of heaven |
| Fan gua shui fa | Turn over trigram water method |
| Fan pu gui zhen |
Return to original nature (recover man's original simplicity) "Return to uncut jade and revert to the one's natural self." |
| Fei shen | Flying spirit - noxious wind |
| Fu | Good fortune, blessing, happiness |
| Fu xing shui fa | Water method |
| Gan zhi | Ten Heavenly stems and twelve earthy branches |
| Ge | Structure: refers to a landform that fits a certain set of criteria and is used to describe the relationships of geographical features - peaks, valleys, lakes, rivers over a large region |
| Gui | Ghost, devil |
| Gui men | Devils gate (the door of the devil) (NE) |
| He | Harmony, harmonious |
| Hou gui men | Back door of the devil (SW) |
| Hu lu | Calabash, believed to be able to capture evil spirits |
| Hui feng fan zhao | "Returning the wind by reflection of the mirror." |
| Jia long | False dragon |
| Jian | "Leaning" |
| Jian xiang | "Leaning direction" |
| Jiang hu ren | quacks, swindlers, charlatans (lit. "outlaws of the marsh people") |
| Jin | "layer (row) of a house" |
| Jiu xing | Nine stars |
| Ju | Condition: refers to relationships of geographical features in the immediate vicinity of a site and is used to describe the nature of energy surrounding a site |
| Ju shan | Office mountain |
| Kai men ba gua | "Open door bagua" |
| Kan tong | Kan Tong system |
| Ke chu | Controlling outwardly; destroying outwardly |
| Ke ru | Controlling inwardly; destroying inwardly |
| Kui | Chief, head |
| Li shi | Powerful scholar (one of four niannshen fangwei) |
| Lin guan shui | Water for success |
| Ling | Command |
| Liu chong | Relationship of six oppositions |
| Liu he | Six harmonies |
| Liu shen | Six spirits, six gods or six animals |
| Liu shou | Six animals or six spirits, six gods |
| Long shen | Dragon spirits |
| Lu | Official's salary in feudal China, emolument, social status |
| Luan tou | Terrain/form |
| Mo | Vein - pathways of energy flowing in mountain ranges. |
| Mu | Tomb |
| Mu shui | Water for tomb |
| Mu yu shui | Water for bathing |
| Luan tou | Terrain (form) |
| Pan tuo sha | Spiral staircases sha |
| Po | Part of (seven) soul(s) which remains in the grave |
| Qi feng | Junction (line) of 2 separate pieces of paper/thing |
| Qi kou | Qi mouth |
| Qi long | Dragon riding on the site |
| Qi xiang | Power structure: used to describe power in the land. Geographical features that carry and hold great power have strong power structures; features that carry and hold little power have weak power structure; and features that carry and hold no energy have no power structure. |
| Qi xing tu | Chart of starting (derived) stars |
| Ru | Inward, enter, enters, goes in |
| Ru men di zi | Dedicated personal (closed-door) disciple |
| Ru qiu | In prison |
| Ru shi di zi | Into this world. Dedicated personal (closed-door) disciple |
| San gong | Three nobles |
| San sha | Three sha |
| Ta | Tower, pagoda |
| Shang shu | Official title in ancient China |
| Shen qi | Spirit energy: used to describe whether a landform has "vital" or "life" energy. Landforms with strong spirit energy are "alive"; landforms with weak spirit energy are "ill"; and landforms with no spirit energy are "dead" |
| Sheng chu | Giving birth outwardly; creating outwardly |
| Sheng ru | Giving birth inwardly; creating inwardly |
| Sheng shu | Number which creates |
| Shi | Power: refers to the amount of energy at any one of the above landforms |
| Shi dao | "Way of ten" (setting out of the reference line) |
| Shuai | Decay/ weaken |
| Shuai shui | Water for bad luck |
| Shuang shan shang wu xing | Double mountain (join) up (in) five |
| Shui fa | Water method |
| Shui kuo | Water mouth, referring to the direction and quality of the Water courses |
| Si he yuan | Traditional Chinese courtyard house |
| Tai ji | Greatest absolute (pole) |
| Tang | Flat low space before a tomb |
| Teng she | Yellow Snake |
| Tian chuan | "Heavenly pass",direction from where the water is coming towards the front of the site |
| Tian men | "Heavenly door (gate)", the direction from where the water is coming towards the front of the xue |
| Tian xin | Heaven heart |
| Tian zi | Son of Heaven |
| An jian sha | Hidden (secret) construction killing |
| Chu shi | Literally "out of this world" |
| Po sui | Break and shatter sha |
| Nei ba gua | Inner bagua |
| Sha | To kill or killing |
| Sha | Evil spirit, goblin |
| Shen | Gods or spirits |
| Shou | Longevity |
| Na jia | Adopting the stems - the relationship of bagua with 24 mountains |
| Na zhi | Adopting the branches |
| Si qi | Dead qi |
Auspicious and Inauspicious Spirits |
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Yang gui
ren |
Yang
noble person (auspicious) Yin noble person (auspicious) Rich scholar; (auspicious) Year income (auspicious) Year horse (auspicious) Year virtue combination (auspicious) Year virtue (auspicious) Robbery sha (inauspicious) Disaster sha (inauspicious) Year breaker (inauspicious) Year sha (inauspicious) Year branch virtue Big calamity (inauspicious) Ambush (inauspicious) Jupiter's position in relation to the earth |
Five Elements |
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Wu xing |
Five
transformational phases consisting of: Water Wood Fire Earth Metal Mutual control Mutual change (masking) Mutual overcoming/destruction Mutual production/nourishing Mutual harmony / no effect Siblings (brother and sister) - one of five basic relationships Control, destroy (controlling [destroying] cycle) Birth Insult, bully - this happens when ke cycle is not strong enough to control |
Qi Men Dun Jia - 8 gates |
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sheng men 2nd shang men 3rd du men 4th jing men 5th si men 6th jing men 7th kai men 8th xiu men |
Gate of life
(birth) |
Sixty Stems and Branches Harmonics - liu shi jia zi na yin |
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Wood Rat
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Metal In
The Sea |