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The imperial guide to feng-shui & Chinese astrology: the only authentic translation from the original Chinese
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Publisher
Watkins
Publication Date
2007
Language
English
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Table of Contents
From the Book
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Part I. Translator's Introduction
Chapter 1. The Importance of Cosmology, Calendars, and Divination in Imperial China
Overview of Chinese Cosmology
From Mythical to Historical Time
Chapter 2. Understanding the Art of Scheduling and Positioning
Chapter 3. Cosmological Forces and Their Rhythms
Yin and Yang
The Five Processes
Series of Life Cycles
Chapter 4. The Counting Terms of Chinese Astrology and Feng Shui
The Sexagenary Stem-Branch Cycle
The Heavenly Stems and the Earthly Branches
The Trigrams of the Book of Changes
Chapter 5. Astronomical Foundations of Chinese Astrology
Chapter 6. Conclusion
Part II. The Imperially Authorized Treatise on Harmonizing Times and Distinguishing Directions
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Roots and the Springs Part 1
The Yellow River Chart
The Luo River Diagram
The Sequential Order of the Former Heaven Arrangement of the Eight Trigrams
The Directional Positions of the Former Heaven Arrangement of the Eight Trigrams
The Sequential Order of the Latter Heaven Arrangement of the Eight Trigrams
The Directional Positions of the Latter Heaven Arrangement of the Eight Trigrams
Depiction of the Former Heaven Arrangement of the Trigrams coupled with the Yellow River Chart
Depiction of the Latter Heaven Arrangement of the Trigrams coupled with the Yellow River Chart
Numeration of the Former Heaven Arrangement of the Trigrams coupled with the Luo River Diagram
Numeration of the Latter Heaven Arrangement of the Trigrams coupled with the Luo River Diagram
The Heavenly Stem-Jia Periods
The Ten Stems, the Twelve Branches, the Twelve Pitch Pipes and the Twenty-Eight Houses
The Four Sequences
The Six Zodiac Divisions
The Twelve Months Summon Hexagrams
Diagram of the Twelve Zodiacal Signs and the Twenty-Eight Lunar Lodges
The Twenty-Eight Lodges Paired with the Days
The Five Processes
The Governing Periods of the Five Processes
The Birth and Flourishing of the Five Processes
The Stems, Branches and the Five Processes
The Triune Harmonies
The Six Harmonies
The Five Hidden Rats
The Five Hidden Tigers
The Five Harmonies' Transformations of the Vital Breaths
The Received Notes
The Received Notes Five Processes as They Correlate with the Former Heaven Chart
The Received Notes Five Processes as They Correlate with the Latter Heaven Chart
The Diagram Depicting the Correlation between the Three Beginnings of the Received Notes Five Processes and the Musical Pipes' Shifting Eight and Mutually Giving Birth
The Received Notes, the Stems and the Branches Assume Numbers in Harmony with the Five Processes
The Five Processes and the Five Musical Notes
The Received Stem-Jia
The Columnar Chart of the Received Stem-Jia
The Circular Chart of the Received Stem-Jia
The Chart of the Received Stem-Jia Receiving the Twelve Branches
Chapter 2. The Roots and the Springs - Part 2
The Twenty-Four Directional Positions
The Standard Five Processes
The Central Needle, Double Mountain Five Processes
The Sewing Needle, Triune Harmonies Five Processes
The Great Plan Five Processes
The Buried Dragon and its Transformed Revolution
The Year or Month Conquers the Mountain School
The Correlation between the Twenty-Four Directional Positions the Twenty-Four Seasonal Nodes
The Eight Trigram's Received Stem-Jia and Triune Harmony Associations
The Lesser Roaming Year Trigram Transformations
The Heaven-Fixed Trigrams
The Heaven Father Trigrams
The Earth Mother Trigrams
The Trigram Transmutations of Trigram-Dui Palace
The Trigram Transmutations of Trigram-Suan Palace
The Trigram Transmutations of Trigram-Kan Palace
The Trigram Transmutations of Trigram-Gen Palace
The Trigram Transmutations of Trigram-Zhen Palace
The Trigram Transmutations of Trigram-Li Palace
The Greater Roaming Year Trigram Transformations
The Diagram of the Transformation of the Upper Line
The Diagram of the Transformation of the Upper Two Lines
The Diagram of the Transformation of the Lower Line
The Diagram of the Transformation of the Lower Two Lines
The Diagram of the Transformation of the Uppermost Line and the Lowest Line
The Diagram of the Transformation of the Middle Line
The Diagram of the Transformation of All Three Lines
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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9781842931769
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