In ancient times it was known that the king who was named "Di Ku" and was paramount as he knew and was quite well versed in the study and subject of astronomy. He was known to make most of his decisions based on truthful study and consultation of the stars and he also was known to have made a deep and detailed consultation of astronomy and consequently he sat and took his place as Emperor. It is an ancient fact that even before there was the invention of the magnetized direction telling instrument there were varied devices already gift that studied and calculated the stars.
The coming of the magnetized instrument of direction came quite afterwards in the annals of this art which itself is very long. However going by the ancient scholars such as Zhouli the most traditional gismo used to part and calculate the allowable feng shui could have been nearby a lot earlier than what it is expected. It is also known that leading figures like Yao, Huangdi were known to have devices called the gnomon, and pointing horse carriage. The instrument used to part and calculate feng shui in the earlier days was called a "loupan" and was of a scientific nature, which was also used as a gismo to part the stars and their distance. The gismo was used for astronomical purposes. Since the magnetic compass came into existence for the application of measuring and calculating feng shui the fact that some types of accurate, estimation relating to feng sui requires the use of scientific method and discipline. The history of this instrument can be traced back to the year 0-6 Bce and that was the time duration of the Zhou dynasty in ancient china.
The compass came to be when the king of that time who was ruler shing incorporated the study of this compass with the knowledge they had about the I-Ching. This was fitted with a magnetized sharp pin which when place straight will start to point towards the magnetic north and not what is plainly determined the approved north. All the basal theory of I-Ching lie within trigrams. Trigrams are determined to be a group of 3 disjoint lines that you can find in an oriental mirror.
The traditional compass in one which consists of thirty-six rings of knowledge and information. Trigrams are known to lie within the first ring of the loupan (compass). The working of this compass is based on the knowledge of the formation of rings that get aligned with the compass and the way the composition of these are read. The resulting is what will conclude your fortune. Earlier forms of this compass are called the south pointing spoon, which in the Chinese language is known as the San Yuan and is also called as the San He or Zong He. The English word for the compass called the south pointing spoon when translated to the Chinese language means Zhinan Zhen.
History associated to Feng Shui
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