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Yen
and Yang are nature’s two channels of electric- flows which bring about
changes in the Universe. Reference to I -Ching appears in an ancient Chinese
Writer’s(Fu His) legendary treatise, entitled “I -Ching or Book of Changes
“and this is a great gift to human civilization. In that a new system
of prediction has been evolved and the system has been explained by establishing
coordination between three horizontal unbroken and three broken transverse
lines in an octagonal trigram. Legend has it that a golden
yellow Dragon emerged from Logave river and blessed Fu His with these
predictive powers. He was a Chinese Emperor. It is certain that the Book
existed and was popular before 1100 B.C though it’s exact time of writing
is not known.
Li-
fire
K’un-
earth
Tui-
marsh
Ch’ien-Heaven
K’an-water
Ken-mountain
Chen-thunder
Sun-wind
It
is believed that Yen and Yang energies flow in a straight line. In I -Ching,
Yen is represented by a broken line while Yang is represented by
a transverse line. While three lines of Yen and Yang are positioned over
each other eight trigrams are formed and each trigram represents
an element.
Two
sets of trigrams are made, this is 64 diagrams\forms are made by congouring
six lines except lines of Yang and yen. which in Chinese parlance is called
a hexagram. In I -Ching a result is mentioned in each of the hexagrams
and such results pertain to an individual’s internal natural strength,
character and natural tracts or elements. Those results were formulated
by china’s Emperor Keng Wen who ruled it around 1160 B.C. After his death
his son made certain amendments to it. After some 100 years, the renowned
Chinese scholar Confucius made some modifications to the hexagrams after
a series of experiments.
In
each hexagram coordination between Yen and Yang has been indicated and
also conditions keep on changing every second in the Universe and thus
changes cast impact on each individual’s life. All such beliefs are referred
to as “Taorgin“ where an attempt has been made to look into the deep mysteries
and changing phenomenon.. Feng shui is just a medium through which they
try to comprehend the principles of “Tao” and Feng Shui devices
and instruments help to fully understand natural environments.
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