Compiled by Wang Junrong (Ming dynasty, Wanli era)

Yang Zhai Shi Shu (Ten Books on the Dwelling)

Name: Yang Zhai Shi Shu (Ten Books on the Dwelling)
Author: Compiled by Wang Junrong (Ming dynasty, Wanli era)

The Ming compendium that gathers the whole practical tradition of dwelling geomancy: how a site's outer shape decides a household's fortune, how the life gua assigns each person a house, how the eight wandering stars move through a building, how doors, water outlets, interiors and auspicious days are handled, and finally how talismans are used against what cannot be moved. No complete English translation has been traced — this is the first.

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Yang Zhai Shi Shu (Ten Books on the Dwelling)

Chapters

Book One: The Outer Shape of the Dwelling

The Outer Shape Comes First, and the Song of the Site

Twenty-Four Prohibitions on the Site

The Song of Pits and Hollows in the Eight Directions

The Classic of How Do We Know (He Zhi Jing)

The Song Against Raising Bridges Before the Hall

Illustrated Readings of Outer Shapes, Part One