Detailed explanation of the origin and legend of the geographical Feng Shui compass!

Introduction: Feng Shui compass, also known as compass, Luojing, Luogeng, compass disk, etc., is composed of Tianchi (compass), ten paths of Tianxin and inner disk. The whole disk can rotate back and forth. It is a measuring tool used by Feng Shui masters to establish the pole and direction when calculating Feng Shui. So what is the legend about the origin of the geographical Feng Shui compass? Let’s find out together below! In order to facilitate everyone's reading and reference, Mr. Shui Mo has carefully sorted out many articles and topics related to the compass. Friends who want to know more can take a look.

Legend about the Bagua Fengshui Compass

According to legend, when Dayu was controlling floods, a divine tortoise came out with a map on its back. The map showed that the center five was the pole, governing the four directions, with one side nine on its back, three on the left and seven on the right, two and four were shoulders, and six and eight were feet. The one on the back is the one white water from the Zi direction of the Kan hexagram, the nine facing the face is the nine purple fire from the Wu direction of the Li hexagram, the three on the left is the three green wood from the Mao direction of the Zhen hexagram, the seven on the right is the seven red gold from the You direction of the Dui hexagram, two and four are the shoulders, the right shoulder is the two black earth from the southwest Kun hexagram, the left shoulder is the four green wood from the southeast Xun hexagram, six and eight are the feet, the right foot is the six mortars gold from the northwest Qian hexagram, and the left foot is the eight mortars earth from the northeast Gen hexagram. Therefore, the ancient sages said: The Emperor comes out from Zhen, meets in Xun, meets in Li, is led to service in Kun, speaks in Dui, fights in Gan, works in Kan, and accomplishes his words in Gen. At the same time, the ancient sages also added the northern Ren and Gui water on both sides of the Zi direction, the eastern Jia and Yi wood on both sides of the Mao direction, and the southern Bing and Ding fire on both sides of the Wu direction, the Jiu Zi fire. Add the western Geng and Xin metals to both sides of the seven red metals in the You direction. The two earthly branches Chou and Yin are added to the northeast sides of the eight mortars of earth in the Gen hexagram, the two earthly branches Chen and Si are added to the southeast sides of the four green wood in the Xun hexagram, the two earthly branches Wei and Shen are added to the southwest sides of the two black earths in the Kun hexagram, and the two earthly branches Shu and Hai are added to the northwest sides of the six mortars of gold in the Qian hexagram. These are the Bagua Feng Shui compasses that have been passed down to this day by the ancient sages of our country.
In the Tang Dynasty, Feng Shui master Yang Yunsong combined the two major positioning systems of the Eight Trigrams and the Twelve Earthly Branches into one, forming the Eight Trigrams Feng Shui Compass, and added all the ten Heavenly Stems of Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, and Gui, except for the two stems Wu and Ji representing the position of the center palace, to the Earthly Position System to indicate directions. Therefore, the 360 ​​degrees of the celestial sphere are divided into 24 equal parts, called 24 mountains. Each mountain occupies 15 degrees. Three mountains form a hexagram, and each hexagram occupies 45 degrees. The Twenty-Four Mountains were created in the Tang Dynasty and have been preserved to this day. Therefore, the twenty-four mountains on the ground are one of the main levels of Yangpan. The three mountains in the north are Ren, Zi and Gui, which belong to the Kan hexagram after birth and the Kun hexagram before birth; the three mountains in the northeast are Chou, Gen and Yin, which belong to the Gen hexagram after birth and the Zhen hexagram before birth. The Feng Shui compass with magical powers should be a collection of the spirits of yin and yang, the principles of the Eight Trigrams and Five Elements, the numbers of the River Map and Luoshu, and the shapes of the celestial star trigrams. Among the Five Elements, there are the positive Five Elements, the Shuangshan Five Elements, the Xiaoxuankong Five Elements, the Hongfan Five Elements, and the Suchong Five Elements. The Eight Trigrams also have the Xiantian Eight Trigrams, the Acquired Eight Trigrams, and so on. It can be said to be varied and all-encompassing, but it can also be summarized in a simple form. The Eight Trigrams attribute water intake method:
1. Qian, Gen, Kun and Xun belong to wood.
2. Yi, Xin, Ding and Gui belong to earth.
3. Zi, Wu, Mao, You, Jia, Geng, Bing and Ren belong to fire.
4. Chen, Xu, Chou and Wei belong to metal.
5. Yin, Shen, Si and Hai belong to water.
Gossip attributes:
1. Wood overcomes earth and represents wealth.
2. Water gives birth to wood, which is precious.
3. Wood is prosperous when it meets other wood.
4. Wood produces fire for release.
5. Metal overcomes wood and is killing.

The origin of the Bagua Fengshui compass

In the "Huangdi Zhaijing" that appeared in the Tang Dynasty or later, the guiding principle for building a house was to match the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams with the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches and divide them into twenty-four roads, which applied the Liuren style plate to house feng shui. The book contains diagrams of both Yin and Yang houses with detailed explanations. The diagram of the Yang house is shown below. The book says: "The twenty-four roads are divided into four sides of the central courtyard according to the size of the house, and there are ten stems (should be eight stems, Wu and Ji are not used), twelve branches, Gan, Gen, Kun, and Xun, a total of twenty-four roads." The "twenty-four roads" are also called the "twenty-four mountains", which are the twenty-four directions on the four sides of the house. Their expression method is the same as that of the Si Nan. According to the "Book of Houses", Qian, Zhen, Kan, Gen and Chen are yang positions, Kun, Xun, Li, Dui and Xu are yin positions, Yang starts with Hai and ends with Si, Yin starts with Si and ends with Hai. All directions are related to good and bad luck. Those who follow them will "have a safe family, prosperous and wealthy", while those who go against them will "have their family broken up and their descendants extinct". Around the late Tang Dynasty, the compass was invented and was widely used in Feng Shui. In Bu Yingtian's "Xue Xin Fu", there is a saying that "to determine the direction, the Ziwu needle should be used as the correct direction." According to later explanations, the Ziwu needle is the compass. The "Qing Nang Haijiao Jing" of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady said: "The Mysterious Lady determined the direction by the rising and setting of the sun during the day, and determined the direction and air by the division of the sky by the constellation of Zi at night. She used Chiyou as a compass, and thus achieved the precise determination of directions and positions. First there were the directions of the celestial branches and the directions of the earthly branches. Later, a copper plate was made to match the twenty-four directions. The heavenly stems formed the celestial plate, and the earthly branches formed the terrestrial plate." The origin of the compass mentioned in this passage comes from mythology, but it can be known that the original form of the compass was composed of a celestial plate and a terrestrial plate, with the twenty-four directions mainly engraved on it. Generally speaking, the compass is the product of the combination of the Si Nan and Liu Ren style plates. Later, it became more and more complicated and mysterious in the hands of Feng Shui masters.
Summary: The above is the legend about the Feng Shui compass. The compass also carries China’s five thousand years of cultural history. Friends who are interested can learn about it! I hope you like the above content!