Publisher's Synopsis
As one of Feng Shui's most prominent methods applied into household practice in striving towards optimum health, wealth and children, Eight Mansions (Bazhai) is mainly an interior system primarily used by Feng Shui masters in acknowledging the basic energy map of a property and enable proper use of the internal sectors of the house. With notes adapted from the method's most famous classic, Bazhai Mingjing, this is a translation containing: UPPER SCROLL in which the nitty-gritty of Ming (Destiny), Gua (Triagram), Hetu (River Map), Loushu (Lou writing), Bazhai stars; House matters of door, path, stove, water well, toilet, grinder, bed, marriage, building, and time selection; trigram and star relationships; House shapes, other ways of assigning the Bazhai stars; and Cures is detailed. LOWER SCROLL which examines more advanced teachings and Incoming path; Palace counter star; Stove direction, room location; Marriage, children, illnesses and disaster; Prohibitions; Stars in palaces (Shining Water Classic); Water flow (Jade Carriage Classic); Pulling in Purple White; year tables; and Foot-rulers (auspicious measurements). The book includes the: Original script of over 30,000 Chinese characters; Word-for-word translation for both scrolls; Notes by the translator; Reference numbering and footnotes, and Supporting appendices and index. This fully transcribed and annotated Bazhai Mingjing is now available as a convenient reference for serious students and keen practitioners.
