Direction and Orientation
Direction and Orientation (方位) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, The foundational idea of spatial direction, relative position and orientation. A bearing may be refe...
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Direction and Orientation (方位) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, The foundational idea of spatial direction, relative position and orientation. A bearing may be refe...
Feng shui is a family of historically developed Chinese cultural practices for interpreting and arranging environments through orientation, landform, water, built form and symbolic systems. Schools differ in method, voca...
Kanyu (堪輿) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, A historical label for bodies of knowledge concerned with observing heaven, terrain and human settlement. It is often pa...
Qi is a multivalent term in Chinese intellectual history that may refer to breath, material activity, vital processes, or a continuous medium of formation and change. Its meaning varies across texts and thinkers; it shou...
Sheltering Wind and Gathering Qi (藏風聚氣) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, A form-tradition expression for a site that is sheltered from dispersing winds and understo...
Sheng Qi (生氣) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, A classical geomantic term for qi understood as generative, circulating or life-supporting, often discussed with terr...