Origin of Feng ShuiEvolved for more than 5,000 years ago in China. It was conceptualised and moulded by great sages who studied the relationship between man and the universe.
The first known practice was rooted during the Shang Dynasty ( 1751 - 1111BC ) when reigning Emperor Pan moved his capital to another place to meet good Feng Shui. But, the term Feng Shui was mentioned in writing only in 80 CE when the Lunheng 論衡 was published. The Lunheng is a wide-ranging Chinese classic on critical essays by Wang Ch'ung on natural science, Chinese mythology, philosophy, and literature. He characterised Feng Shui as a 'superstitious belief in aerial currents and subterranean water-courses bringing good or bad fortune. Many of the fundamental texts associated with Feng Shui have been around for thousands of years, but Feng Shui was confined to the ruling class until during the Tang Dynasty ( A.D. 618-907 ) when Master Yang Yun-Sang wrote several books that allowed the general public to have access to the secrets of Feng Shui. Great Feng Shui Masters Yang Yun Sung ( Tang Dynasty ), Jiang Da Hong ( Ming-Qing Dynasty ), and Shen Zhu Reng ( Qing Dynasty ) were the undisputed greatest masters who learnt the intricacies from books and practices. |