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Luopan

Luopan, Chinese 羅盤 luópán, also Lopan, literally “sample plate”: the Chinese compass; on the luopan the compass needle is surrounded by numerous rings on a rotatable plate (“heaven plate”) which can differ in their arrangement depending on the school. This

Luoshu

Luoshu, Chinese 洛書 luò shū, also Loshu, literally “Book of the river Luo”: This is a square composed of further nine squares. In this square the cardinal numbers are arranged in such a way that the total in every direction

Trigrams

Trigrams, Chinese 八卦 bā guà,  “eight trigrams”: a trigram is symbol consisting of three lines. The individual lines are either full (yang __) or broken (yin _ _), therefore there are eight combination options forming the basis of the Yijing

Yang Yun Song

Yang Yun Song, Chin. 楊筠松 Yáng Yún Sōng (849-880 or 834-906): a Chinese feng shui scholar, also called “father of feng shui”.  Yang Yun Song has written classics like the Green Satchel Classic (Chin. 青囊經 qīng náng jīng), the Heavenly