Understanding Five Elements Culture (2): Illustrated Eight House Mirror

"Illustrated Mirrors of Eight Houses" is a graphic interpretation based on the traditional Yangzhai Feng Shui classic "Eight Houses of Mirrors". "Bazhai Mingjing" is said to have been written by Yang Junsong, a master of Kanyu in the Tang Dynasty. It was re-edited by Ruo Guan Taoist in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is an important work on Yangzhai Feng Shui of the Bazhai School. This book mainly starts from the life and three elements of a person, combined with the yin and yang attributes of the eight houses, to infer the corresponding auspicious house directions, as well as the good and bad directions of doors, beds, stoves, wells and other residential facilities. The introductory part of this book introduces ancient Chinese Feng Shui culture, including the school of Feng Shui, the concept of yin and yang, the unity of nature and man, the Five Elements theory, the Eight Diagrams and Six Yao Yao, the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, the Nine Stars, the Compass and other basic knowledge; the main text volume focuses on the basic theories of the Eight House Mirror, such as the Eight Diagrams Fang Positions, three yuan and nine stars, four houses in the east and four houses in the west, good and bad directions of eight lives, location of home facilities, etc.; The second volume focuses on the good and bad houses of eight people, good and bad openings in the twenty-four mountains, nine-star diagrams for traveling around the year, etc. The appendix includes "The Eight Gates of Huangshi Gongyang House" and other related materials.