Feng Shui books and Feng Shui Schools

One corner of Ken Lai's metaphysics library

Recently I find an article on the Chinese web recommending some Feng Shui books for students.  It is interesting to me because the author has categorized these books under 14 different Feng Shui schools or "pai".

There are numerous "flavors" of Xuan-Kong Feng Shui.  The Xuan-Kong Flying Star Feng Shui practiced in the West are mostly originated from Zhang Zhong-shan Wu-Chang School.

Other than the ancient classics, most of the contemporary books are published in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

I also have about 70% of the books from this list. 

FENG SHUI BOOKS LIST

A.  FORM FENG SHUI  
一、峦头形势
1《玉髓真经》 张子微著
2《地学》 沈镐著
3《撼龙经疑龙经批注校补》 荣锡勋著
4《一贯堪舆-杨曾地理家传心法捷》 唐宗庚著
5《刘国师地理真传》 刘国师著
6《乐山篇地理书》 来木臣著
7《秘传水龙经》 蒋大鸿著
8《寻龙点穴全集》 珍藏本
9《寻龙点穴墓相风水》 不过五著
10《简明地学堪舆泄秘》 汪志伊著
11《地理山洋指迷》 周景一著
12《辟径集》 李默斋著
13《现代风水学峦头总论》 姜国威著
14《寻龙秘诀》 高隐仙藏
15《图解雪心赋》 白鹤鸣著
16《地理啖庶录》 袁守定著
17《地理砂水穴法》
18《地理万山图》
19《仙家救贫术搜地灵》 白云山人著
20《黄囊穴髓》 程天昭演绎
21《地理汇宗》
22《平砂地理玉函经释义》 邱于展著
23《地理点穴大全》 许澹园订
24《地理全书》 刘伯温著
25《立宅安坟风水秘传》 黎浩贤著
26《相墓相宅术》 （四库本）
27《平砂玉尺经》 刘秉忠原著，李峰编
28《堪舆秘笈奇书》 刘伯温著
29《新注雪心赋》 何聪明著
30《峦头精义》 李默斋著
31《峦头风水大破译》 张健民著
32《地理峦头实务》（上中下） 钟义明著
33《增订台湾地理图记》 钟义明著
34《王派风水学-峦头精义》 王松寒著
35《地理琢玉斧峦头括歌》 张九仪增释
36《地理捷径秘断》 张哲鸣著
37《阴阳宅宝鉴》 苏立民著
38《一善地理真诀》 妙摩慧度著
39《假日寻龙记》 姜健贤著
40《地理心法-寻地五要捷诀道读》 许人文注 张建民编
41《地理囊金集注-记师口诀节文》 章贡、刘谦著
42《谭天纵留题-乌蒙吉真诀-刘若谷千金赋》
43《本地姜留题》
44《风水寻龙诀》
45《撼龙经》 杨筠松著
46《疑龙经》 杨筠松著
47《泄天机》 廖禹著
48《秘传廖公画夹拨砂经》 廖禹著
49《地理阴阳秘录》 苏立民著
50《地理天机会元》 徐试可著
51《地理大成-山法全书》 叶九升著
52《精校地理人子须知》 徐善继、徐善述著

B.  GUO, YANG AND JIANG LINEAGE XUAN-KONG METHOD 
二、郭杨蒋一脉玄空正法
1、《青囊经》 黄石公著
2、《青囊序》 曾求己著
3、《青囊奥语》 杨筠松著
4、《天玉经》 杨筠松著
5、《都天宝照经》 杨筠松著
6、《地理辨正》 蒋大鸿著
7、《水龙经》 蒋大鸿著
8、《天元五歌》 蒋大鸿著
9、《归厚禄》 蒋大鸿著
10、《天元余义》 蒋大鸿著
11、《平砂玉尺辨伪》 蒋大鸿著
12、《阳宅指南》 蒋大鸿著
13、《阳宅天元赋》 蒋大鸿著
14、《杨公滴滴金》 杨筠松著

C.  FAN YI-BIN DIAN-NAN XUAN-KONG SCHOOL
三、范宜宾滇南派（即连城派）玄空法
1、《风水的研究》 唐正一著
2、《增释地理冰海》 高守中著
3、《地理辨正揭隐》
4、《金氏地学粹篇》
5、《家存玄空大卦地理秘传》
6、《玄空探原录》
7、《乾坤法窍》 范宜宾著
8、《玄空大五行真传口诀 》 托名蒋大鸿著

D.  TAN YANG-WU XUAN-KONG 6-METHODS
四、谈养吾玄空六法派
1、《中国绝学、玄空如意理气正宗入门深造》 陈梦国著
2、《玄空本义》 谈养吾著
3、《地理辨正翼》 荣锡勋著
4、《堪舆正经》 陈正儒著
5、《新玄空紫白诀》 赵景义原著、张成春编
6、《地理辨正白话注解》 谈养吾原著、陈世范编
7、《天元五歌阳宅篇注解》 赵景义著
8、《地理小补》 刘杰著
9、《辨正发秘初稿》 刘杰著
10、《玄空法鉴》 曾怀玉著
11、《元运发微》 卢作周著

E.  DENG GONG JIANG-XI DI XUAN KONG 5-ELEMENTS SCHOOL
五、邓恭江西大玄空五行派
1《地理知本金锁秘》 邓恭（梦觉）著
2《地理黄金屋》 邓恭（梦觉）著
3《蒋大鸿地理秘诀稿》
4《玄空河洛先后天心法秘诀》 藏本
5《九经会聚》 李浩洋藏
6《三元地理山水气运挨星图诀》 张庆辑
7《新增大五行图诀》（上下） 张庆辑
8《蒋大鸿三元奥秘手抄本》、《罗经解》、《秘授篇》 邓恭著
9《蒋公阳宅秘授篇》 邓恭（梦觉）著

F.  CAI MIN-SHAN GUANGDONG XUAN-KONG SCHOOL
六、蔡岷山广东玄空派
1《中州派玄空学》（上下） 王亭之著
2《地理心眼指要真解》 王亭之著
3《地学铁骨秘》 吴师青著
4《玄空真秘》 徐宇辰著
5《地理辨正求真》 蔡岷山著

G.  ZHANG ZHONG-SHAN WU-CHANGE XUAN-KONG FLYING STAR
七、章仲山无常派玄空飞星
1《玄空星相地理学》 钟义明著
2《玄空地理丛谈》之一 钟义明著
3《玄空地理丛谈》之二 钟义明著
4《玄空地理丛谈》之三 钟义明著
5《玄空地理丛谈》之四 钟义明著
6《玄空地理丛谈》之五 钟义明著
7《玄空地理丛谈》之六 钟义明著
8《玄空地理逸篇新解》 钟义明著
9《玄空地理断诀汇篇》 钟义明著
10《玄空地理考验注解》（上中下） 钟义明著
11《沈氏玄空学》（上下） 沈竹礽
12《地理辨证抉要》 沈竹礽
13《沈氏玄空学》（上中下） 白鹤鸣注本
14《玄空紫白诀精解》 白鹤鸣著
15《玄机赋飞星赋精解》 白鹤鸣著
16《风水秘传100诀》 白鹤鸣著
17《天理第一地理书》（上下） 冯严筑著
18《古易玄空学新探》 胡京国著
19《玄空精断》 胡京国著
20《大玄空挨星天心水法真传》 张哲鸣著
21《大三元玄空秘旨些子真传》 张哲鸣著
22《大三元玄空地灵秘笈断诀》 张哲鸣著
23《相地指迷》蒋大鸿著
24《沈氏地理疑义答问-地理问正》 李崇仰编
25《玄空指妙》柯建成著
26《玄空指微》柯建成著
27《实用风水学秘籍总断》姜国威著
28《山居手记》陈雪涛著
29《玄空风水之天机妙诀》陈雪涛著
30《风水选旺秘诀》罗量著
31《风水墓相学》姜健贤著

H.  ZHU XIAO-HE SUZHOU XUAN-KONG SCHOOL
八、朱小鹤苏州玄空派
1《地理辨正补》 朱小鹤著

I.   ZHANG XIN-YAN SHANG-YU SCHOOL-- 64 HEXAGRAMS XUAN-KONG METHOD
九、上虞派张心言六十四卦玄空法
1《地理辨正疏玄空秘旨摘秘》 黄春发著
2《三元六十四卦用爻法》 林文松、陈怡诚合著
3《三元地理六十四卦运用》林文松、陈怡诚合著
4《易经地理学》 吴明修著
5《三元法地理理气探原》吴明修著
6《易经三元地理阐微》 吴明修著
7《三元玄空地理堂奥》 珍藏本
8《三元玄空大卦秘传》无际山人著
9《三元地理山水则要》协会合编
10《三元地理抽爻换象》吴相益、谢明道合著
11《分金节气用爻当运秘解》张量矿著
12《玄空大卦及飞星详解》白鹤鸣著
13《玄空风水突破要诀》 黄春发著
14《三元地理讲义》 林国雄著
15《风水活穴建造真诀》张量矿著
16《三元易经地理交媾法诀秘笈》（上下） 张量矿著
17《奇门三元直指》（上下） 余胜唐
18《玄空秘旨-直透玄机》陈昭有著
19《玄空真解-入门要诀》 刘来平著
20《玄空真解-地理经典批论》 又元子著
21《玄空真解-玄空囫囵语》 又元子孙著
22《玄空真解-天元歌批论》又元子孙著
23《玄空真解-归厚录》又元子孙著
24《玄空真解-阳宅觉》又元子孙著
25《玄空大卦秘诀》孙长庚著

J.  YIN YI-SHAO XIANG-CHU SCHOOL OF XUAN-KONG
十、尹一勺湘楚派玄空法
1、《地理四秘全书》 尹一勺著

K.  ZHONG JIU-HUA "YI-HAN-TONG-MI" XUAN-KONG METHOD
十一、钟九华《玉函通秘》玄空法
1、《玉函通秘》原著
2、《玉函通秘》崔汇滨校本

L.  DRAGON-GATE 8-FORMATIONS
十二、龙门八局（先后天派）
1《正三元杨公祖师心法》 杨救贫著
2《三元地理四诀精论》 陈启铨著
3《风水风采录》 陈启铨著
4《地理乾坤国宝》 杨藏华著
5《三元地理观水点地法》 庄文寿著
6《地理特诀》 张渊理著
7《三元堪舆黄金断》 庄文寿著
8《地理乾坤国宝评注》 陈启铨著
9《乾坤国宝龙门八局图解》林志荣著

M.  STEM AND BRANCH SAN-HE 4 MAJOR FORMATIONS
十三、干支生旺墓三合四大局
1《地理实用集》钟义明著
2《阴阳宅断诀》妙摩慧度著
3《风水指南》 妙摩慧度著
4《三元三合地理精论》黄春霖著
5《地理四弹子》
6《风水预测》 李渊著
7《地理汇宗-元女青囊海角经》
8《立宅安坟风水秘传》 黎浩贤著
9《地理正宗》 广西民族出版社辑
10《地理五诀》 赵九峰著
11《风水照夭镜》 劳大刚著
12《地理阴阳纂要》邓士松著
13《地理学新义》俞仁宇著
14《增补理气图书》 周淳庸著
15《堪舆指南真传》 陈盈芳著
16《二十四山头化作四拾捌局用法》 陈锡元著
17《堪舆辟谬真传》 刘公中著
18《地理诸家开门放水》 吴明修著
19《地理三字经》 程前川著
20《地理直指原真》 彻莹和尚著
21《地理综合水法》梁贵博著
22《风水的研究》 梁贵博著
23《鲁班寸白簿》 鲁班著
24《海底藏珠》 徐试可著
25《地理水法全成》 高隐仙著
26《王德薰地理真传》 陈繁夫著
27《术数精要》 白鹤鸣著
28《古代风水术注评》 王玉德著
19《三合法地理秘旨全书》（上下） 陈怡诚 林文松编著
30《赣州风水秘传》 怡然斋藏本
31《秘本通玄鬼灵经》李崇仰编
32《地理名墓断诀》姜健贤著
33《周易与风水》何宗阳著
34《三元地理连山归藏》陈怡诚 林文松编著
35《三元地理明师盘线秘旨》陈怡诚 林文松编著
36《看风水秘笈大全》御堂龙儿著
37《青囊心印》《青囊心印续编》《天玉经内传心印》王宗臣著
38《天玉经》四库本
39《地理大全辑要》许园甫著

N.  LAI BU-YI TIAN-XING (STAR) NA-JIA SCHOOL
十四、赖布衣天星纳甲派
1《催官篇》 赖布衣著
2《入地眼全书》 静道和尚著
3《地理铅弹子》 张九仪著
4《地理穿透真传》 张九仪著
5《杨公地理图说》藏本
6《入地眼全书》静道和尚著
7《地理正义评注》张九仪著
8《杜氏地理图说》杜奇英著
9《形家集要》刘云岩著
10《山水发微》王德薰著

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In search of a better (Feng Shui) mouse-trap

A student asks me if he should take someone's "Hi-Hi-Hi Feng Shui" and "La-La-La Feng Shui" courses (course titles withheld to preserve the integrity of the original methods).

"Take the courses if your father owns a non-U.S. bank". I told the student.

"Besides, you have taken quite a few Feng Shui courses! You may already have the best Feng Shui mouse-traps without knowing."

To my dismay, this student's father really owns a non-U.S. bank! So I need to explain further.

"Hi-Hi-Hi" method was originally designed for fast-changing battlefield environment and "La-La-La" method was designed for divination of daily events. Either method can easily take someone a life-time to master.

To apply a method in a new field that is not originally designed for may need more cautions and time to be proven. Also the credibility of the source of such new methods needs to be considered too.

My personal bias is: I tend to be on the conservative side. "Discoveries" in Chinese metaphysics can easily take 50+ to hundred years to be "proven" and/ or widely accepted.
While these methods may somehow be directly or indirectly related to Feng Shui, it may not be the most efficient way (cost or time-wise) to tackle Feng Shui problems.

"Hi-Hi-Hi" and "La-La-La" methods are not easy to learn even assuming cost is not a consideration. If these methods were easy and powerful, it should be "Hi-Hi-Hi" and "La-La-La" and not Flying Star Feng Shui, dominate the current Feng Shui field.

To learn or use Feng Shui, you may want to go straight to traditional Feng Shui courses like San Yuan, San He or the like directly.

The same logic can also be applied to Bazi (4P) and ZWDS. Both are also somehow related to Feng Shui. One may apply these methods to Feng Shui if by chance one had taken these classes already.

But to take a class on 4P or ZWDS or "Hi-Hi-Hi" or "La-La-La" because you want to do Feng Shui, is like taking a guitar class because you want to learn typing.

There may be new or attractive claims on "Hi-Hi-Hi" or "La-La-La" Feng Shui that may be too much to resist. I cannot help or advise you on those claims. But again, all I can say is:

"Take the courses if your father owns a non-U.S. bank".

For those who have a poor dad, you may want to do some "mining" with your old Feng Shui course manuals instead. Very often, people take a course, get excited and then shelve the course materials without testing or trying it.

I had the same "better mouse-trap syndrome" when I was young. Instead of examining and studying of what I already have, I tried to look for a "better mouse-trap" to "spare" me of the hard work required to learn. The result was wasting tons of money and time chasing and buying repackaged or recycled "mouse-traps".
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Does Feng Shui Shrimp need water? A case in XKDG date-selection.

I ran into an interesting Xuan-Kong-Da-Gua (XKDG) date-selection case in Hong Kong in last April.

A local master was solicited to do a date-selection for the renovation of an ancient tomb. The tomb houses the founding ancestral couple of a local clan.

The formation of this tomb is called "Literacy Shrimp Frolicking with Water" (文蝦戲水). This is a typical San He (3-harmony) job which likes to "naming imagery based on forms" (呼形喝象). The original master thought the form around the tomb looks like a shrimp playing with water. Water is also associated with intelligence and hence literacy. So this "shrimp" is a smart shrimp. By naming it "literacy shrimp", hopefully, the descendants will be learned scholars.

The local master wrote, "This is a shrimp form, if the selected day has no water (rain), the shrimp will die! If it rains, we can't initiate construction. This is really a tough job."

This is the date selected, June 12, 2007, Wu hour:

Year: Ding Hai; 8 zhen/ kun 8
Month: Bing Wu; 4 dui/ xun 3
Day: Ding Chou; 4 dui/ zhen 7
Hour: Bing Wu; 4 dui/ xun 3

"The observatory had issued a thunderstorm warning in early morning of the selected day." The local master said. "It had rained heavily in Si hour (9:01- 11am). Sunshine came out during Wu hour (11:01- 13:00). We did the renovation during Wu hour and finished within 2 hours. The sky then turned cloudy during first half of Wei hour (13:01- 14:00). By that time the cement had dried. It had rained again during the second half of Wei hour. We are fortunate to get help from heaven!"

Well, it seems even Feng Shui shrimp based on imagery needs 5-elements support. In my next post, I will tell you how to learn XKDG date-selection in an hour and how much this Hong Kong master charges for XKDG date-selection.


Ken Lai

"Practical Date-Selection Methods" (incl. XKDG)w/ 12 hr. video
"Practical Imperial Qi-men-Dun-Jia" w/ 10 hr. video
"Daoist Talismans for Feng Shui & Blessing" w/ 12 hr video
"Practical Door Feng Shui for Wealth" w/ 3 hr. video
"4-Pillars Forecasting Bootcamp" with 12 hr. video

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Door Feng Shui

A Feng Shui friend sent me the following email:

My sister wants to build a new house, so it will be a P8 house.

The plot faces N2 so the Flying Star chart can meet the criteria for a "7 Star Robbery", so according to this, she should place a door/window at the South, East and NW.

According to "Castle Gate" the Qi entrance should come from NW2.

According to the San He "12 Life Stages" a NW2 Qi entrance would be either at stage 3 or 4, so it is good, but my question is if the door must be placed at NW2, but facing N2 (same bearing as the plot) or if the door should be slanted facing NW2?


My friend tries to integrate Flying Star, "7-star Robbery", "Castle Gate" and San He's "12 Life Stages" to the house design.

I think he is making things too complicated. Although he can mix as many schools and methods as he wants if he has my "Practical Door Feng Shui" course materials. He can also easily integrate XKDG and Flying Star in 30 seconds.

"Practical Door Feng Shui" also includes the "decoders" for the word-play puzzles like the "Qian mountain Qian water" gig. Someone considers this little word-game as lineage "top-secret" on other lists. It does not worth a penny if you know the answer.


P.S.:
WARNING: DO NOT use the formula listed above. There are many missing details here. Consult your teacher/ master before applying these formula.


"Practical Door FS for wealth" w/ 3 hr. video
"Practical Imperial QMDJ" with 9 hr. video
"4-Pillars Bootcamp" with 12 hr. video now available
"Daoist Talisman for FS and Blessing" w/ 13 hr video
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Introduction to Bed Feng Shui

Three imperatives of Feng Shui are: main door, master
bedroom and stove.

There are many ways to manipulate the door to
re-direct qi flow to the house-- tilt it or move it
around. We FS guys have been toying with the front
door for centuries.

There are also many ways to move the stove around to
achieve health, wealth and luck concerns. Ba Zhai or
8-mansions school is the more familiar one.

Obviously, FS guys would move the bed around like they
do with doors and stoves. How come we have not seen
much about bed Feng Shui in the west?

So, what can we do to the master bedroom to improve
the life of its occupants since one-third of their
lives are spent on the bed?

There are some familiar form FS restrictions about
bedroom, like no mirror, no lamp or fan hang above the
bed, no setting bed in front of windows, no sharp
objects under your bed, no skylight above your bed, no
double-doors for bedroom, .....

There are many ways to set up a bed to improve spousal
relationship, to improve luck, to promote fertility
and to improve health. The followings are some major
ones:

1. Ba Zhai bed-setting
This is the easiest one-- setting the bed according to
your ming gua.

2. San He bed-setting
This method is for giving birth to male baby using San
He theories based on husband's 4P.

3. "8-door addition" bed-setting
This method using Qi Men's 8 doors methodology to
improve one's luck.

4. San Yuan Qi Men bed-setting
This method uses Qi Men Dun Jia to set bed and is a
pretty complicated method.

5. 9-stars bed-setting
This method is a piece of cake for people who know
flying star method. It helps improve spousal
relationship and even solves health problems that is
caused by bed and bedroom door locations. With
misguided intention, this method can be used to
control your spouse.

6. Pillowing on "Tai Yang" (Great Male) bed-setting
This method is for giving birth of male baby by
locating the "Tai Yang" position on your bed, have
your wife laying on it and do your baby-making
procedure there. The opposite of this method is "Tai
Yin" (Great Female), which locates the "Tai Yin"
position on your bed, is for getting baby girl.

A word of caution: If your client has pregnant woman
in the house, DO NOT MOVE THEIR BED!!

Ken Lai
http://www.kenlaifengshui.com
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