Feng shui | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-10-03

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00:01:06 1 History
00:01:15 1.1 Origins
00:03:38 1.2 Early instruments and techniques
00:05:38 2 Foundational concepts
00:05:48 2.1 Definition and classification
00:06:23 2.2 iQi/i (ich'i/i)
00:07:03 2.3 Polarity
00:08:13 2.4 Bagua (eight trigrams)
00:09:52 3 Traditional feng shui
00:10:17 3.1 Form Branch
00:11:28 3.2 Compass Branch
00:11:55 3.3 Transmission of traditional feng shui techniques
00:12:20 3.4 Current usage of traditional branches
00:12:42 4 Western forms of feng shui
00:13:00 4.1 Aspirations Method
00:13:28 5 List of specific feng shui branches
00:13:39 5.1 Ti Li (Form Branch)
00:13:49 5.1.1 Popular Xingshi Pai (形势派) "forms" methods
00:14:18 5.2 Liiqi Pai (Compass Branch)
00:14:28 5.2.1 Popular Liiqi Pai (理气派) "Compass" methods
00:16:31 6 Contemporary uses of traditional feng shui
00:17:38 7 Criticisms
00:17:47 7.1 Traditional feng shui
00:21:50 7.2 Contemporary feng shui
00:25:23 8 Contemporary practice



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SUMMARY
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Feng shui (Chinese: 風水, pronounced [fə́ŋ.ʂwèi] (listen)), also known as Chinese geomancy, is pseudoscience originating from ancient China, which claims to use energy forces to harmonize individuals with their surrounding environment. The term feng shui literally translates as "wind-water" in English. This is a cultural shorthand taken from the passage of the now-lost Book of Burial recorded in Guo Pu's commentary:
Feng shui is one of the Five Arts of Chinese Metaphysics, classified as physiognomy (observation of appearances through formulas and calculations). The feng shui practice discusses architecture in terms of "invisible forces" that bind the universe, earth, and humanity together, known as qi.
Historically, feng shui was widely used to orient buildings—often spiritually significant structures such as tombs, but also dwellings and other structures—in an auspicious manner. Depending on the particular style of feng shui being used, an auspicious site could be determined by reference to local features such as bodies of water, or stars or the compass.