Ten Books from Yangzhai

"Ten Books on Yangzhai" was compiled by Wang Junrong during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. This book is a typical work on housing construction in the Ming Dynasty. It selects and summarizes the most popular academic works on housing construction at that time. The book is rich in content, extensive in collection, and highly targeted. It introduces and explains each item in the form of entries. It not only provides a detailed introduction to Yangzhai theory, such as Fuyuan method, Dayou Nian method, East and West Houses and Four Houses method, as well as hexagrams, star destiny, etc., But also involves all aspects of Yangzhai construction elements, which can be described as complex and comprehensive. Compared with other works on the theory and application of Yangzhai, the outstanding advantage of this book is that it uses diagrams to focus on the various good and bad situations of the interior and exterior of the house, which can be said to be clear at a glance. It also popularizes the application of Yangzhai Feng Shui principles.