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Guide to the Feng Shui Compass or lo p'an
a Compendium of Classical feng shui. Including a history of feng shui,
a detailed description of 75 rings of the lo p'an, and a feng shui time line.
Virtually a Complete compendium of Classical feng shui
Material never before available in English…and difficult to find even in Chinese
How to read the San He and San Yuan lo p'an, with an explanation of each ring in detail, the history and background of feng shui and the lo p'an (luo pan).
This large book is 448 pages in size, and packed with detailed information which is very clearly explained, so that after reading it anyone should be comfortable using even the most complex lo p'an. This book is the result of 30 years of research and practice. More than 50 rings are illustrated, tabulated, and classified by Plate and School, with their use and history. Anyone reading the book can go from being a complete novice to complete familiarity with any lo p'an, ancient or modern that they may pick up. It clearly explains for the first time in English how feng shui developed and the relationship between the San He and San Yuan Schools.
There are over 65 Tables, more than 174 illustrations, and 32 full colour plates. These include rare pictures and analyses of Ming and Ch'ing dynasty lo p'ans.
Every technical term, book title, or person's name, is carefully footnoted in traditional Chinese characters with supporting pinyin and Wade-Giles transliterations. There is a also a detailed feng shui history time line.
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"No Classical feng shui practitioner can afford to be without this book.”
Partial List of Contents
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A Short History of Feng Shui History of the Compass - Misconceptions The Shih Board The Chai Ching Earth Plate Reading the Lo P’an How to Align the Lo P’an Tricks of the Trade How to Buy a Lo P’an Physical Structure of the Lo P’an The Rings of the Lo P’an Rings, Plates and Needles Mistaken Western Identifications The 4 Seasons and Celestial Animals of the Quarters The 8 Mountain Killings or yao sha The 8 Wandering Stars of the 8 Mansions or pa chai The 9 Flying Stars or fei hsing The 9 Numbers of the Lo Shu The 10 Heavenly Stems or t’ien kan The 12 Earthly Branches or ti chih The 12 Jupiter Years or tz’u The 12 Life Stages Palaces or kung The 12 Provincial divisions or fen yeh The 12 Sovereign Hexagrams or p’i kua |
The 12 Yellow Springs or huang ch'üan The 24 Heaven Stars or t'ien hsing The 24 Mini-Seasons or chieh ch’i The 24 Mountains or shan The 24 Robbery Sha or chieh shaThe 28 Lunar Mansions or hsiu The 60 Earth-Penetrating Dragons or tou ti lung The 60 Root Hexagrams or pen kua (San He) The 60 Sexagenary Combinations or chia tzu The 60 Uneven Dragons or ying so The 64 Hexagrams or kua The 72 Mountain-Piercing Dragons or chuan shan lung The 120 Golden Divisions or fen chin The 240 Golden Divisions or fen chin The 360 new Western degrees or hsien tu The 365.25 Chinese day-degrees or tu The 384 Hexagram lines or kua yao The 940 Degrees of the Complete Calendar or shou shih li The ‘Alphabet’ of Feng Shui Chinese Dynasties and Feng Shui Chronology The Schools of Feng Shui Catalogue of Common Lo P'an Rings |
* Publisher : Golden Hoard Press
* ISBN : 978-0-9547639-9-2
* Price : Europe Price £46.00, USA Price US$96.00, SE Asian Offer Price S$96.00
* Pages : 448 pages, limited edition, hardback with dust jacket, 65 tables, 174 illustrations, 32 colour plates
* Published : July 2008
* Available: only through this website
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Classics of Feng Shui Series
Editions by Stephen Skinner of 18th century Chinese feng shui classics by Chang Ping Lin
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Volume IV: Mountain Dragon Formulas
This book contains authentic yin feng shui Mountain Dragon formulas. It was compiled in the early Ch’ing Dynasty, but the formulas date back to the T’ang. It is translated from the Chinese with illustrations and facing the original woodblock Chinese text.
* Publisher : Golden Hoard Press
* ISBN : 978-0-9547639-3-0
* Price : £46.00 / US$86.00 / S$146.00 (Singapore)
* Pages : 64 pages, limited edition, hardback with dust wrapper
* Date : March 2008
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Original Imperial Mountain Dragon formulas from the 18th century, with original Chinese text on facing pages.
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Volume III: The Key San He Feng Shui Formulas
This book contains the authentic San He five Element formulas, including San He water formulas, 12 Life Stages, Yao Sha, Robbery Sha, and Kitchen stove positioning, laid out very clearly. It was compiled in the early Ch’ing Dynasty, but the formulas date back to the T’ang. It is translated from the Chinese with illustrations and facing the original woodblock Chinese text.
* Publisher : Golden Hoard Press
* ISBN : 978-0-9547639-6-1
* Price : £46.00 / US$86.00 / S$146.00
* Pages : 96 pages, limited edition, hardback with dust wrapper
* Date : July 2007
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Original Imperial San He Feng Shui formulas from the 18th century, with original Chinese text on facing pages.
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Volume II: The Original Eight Mansions Formula
The Original
Chou Shu Door Opening Method, the key to Eight Mansions feng shui from a rare 1739 text. Originally the Eight Mansions formula was used to determine the best main door positions. The positioning of the main door is much more critical than the utilisation of the interior rooms. This formula finally solves the problem that has perplexed many modern practitioners: as to which (the building or the apartment) entrance should be used for feng shui calculations.
The present text dates back more than 250 years. It predates many Chinese texts, and is definitely much older and more authentic than anything else available in English on the Eight Mansions. This classic examines each of the 24 Mountain sitting positions. The translation comes with facing Chinese text, and the original illustrations.
* Publisher : Golden Hoard Press
* ISBN : 978-0-9547639-4-7
* Price : £46.00 / US$86.00 / S$146.00
* Pages : 64 pages, limited edition, hardback with dust wrapper
* Date : January 2007
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Original Imperial Eight Mansions formula from the 18th century, with original Chinese text on facing pages.
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Stephen Skinner
Water Dragon formulas are key feng shui formulas which show how water should be organized outside a house to provide the maximum benefit. They are usually associated with creating and increasing wealth.
This Water Dragon text comes from a collection of key feng shui texts collected during the reign of the Emperor Ch’ien Lung (Qianlong), by Chang Ping Lin a feng shui master from Fukien in the early 18th century. This text is from an authentic source, which has never previously been available in English. Its formulas, some of which are derived from Yang Kung (Yang Yun Sung, fl. 888 AD), are clear and easy to apply, provided you have an a lo p’an.
* Publisher : Golden Hoard Press
* ISBN : 978-0-9547639-5-4
* Price : £46.00 / US$86.00 / S$146.00 (Singapore)
* Pages : 64 pages, limited edition, hb with dustwrapper
* Published : December 2006
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Original Imperial Water Dragon formula from the 18th century, with original Chinese text on facing pages.
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Stephen Skinner
* Publisher : Periplus
* ISBN : 0794602312
* Price : $30.00 / S45.00 (Singapore)
* Pages : Over 200 full colour photographs, 144 pages
* Published : May, 2004
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Stephen Skinner has taken feng shui to new heights by showing how you can use feng shui within your home in a way that is both stylish and practical. By looking at some of the most interesting homes in London and Asia, and analysing the feng shui behind their design, Skinner has shown that this ancient Chinese art and modern cutting edge design are not just compatible, but also can also be mutually supportive.
Examples range from the grand old 19th century elegance of a Chinese mansion of one of the last and richest mandarins of Imperial China, via the timeless Balinese rainforest luxury of Begawin Giri, to the very latest and most exciting Philippe Starck designed environments in London, showing how each in turn uses the timeless concepts and techniques of feng shui to enrich, harmonize, or stimulate different environments.
The feng shui techniques covered range from simple Eight Mansion feng shui, through the placement of water dragons, interior and exterior design, to the calculation of intricate Flying Star charts which predict the exact history of wealth, decline and resurrection of a home over a period of more than a 140 years.
The pleasure of this book lies in both its pictures of lovely and desirable environments, and in the appreciation and understanding of feng shui that will become yours as you read the text.
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Card Pack of the 60 Chinese Year Animal and Element combinations.
The Pack Book Inside Pack Sample Cards
* Publisher : Carroll & Brown
* ISBN : 190476004X
* Price : £14.99
* Pages : 144 pages comprehensively illustrated book, with a pack of 60 beautiful & authentic Cards
* Published : March, 2005
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Although presented as a simple oracle, these Cards and the accompanying book are a serious iconographic key to :
1. Real Tibetan Elemental Divination
2. The Chinese & Tibetan Sexagenary cycle of 60 years and their meaning for each year
3. Flying Star feng shui – as seen from the Tibetan perspective
4. The Tibetan application of Chinese feng shui
5. Four Pillar astrology
All of which are based on the combination of the 12 Animal Signs (Earthly Branches) with the 5 Elements (in their yin/yang aspects as the 10 Celestial Stems), and derived from an original Tibetan manuscript written in the mid 1600s but based on traditions going back to the T'ang Dynasty in the eighth century.
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* Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
* ISBN : 0804834334
* Price : $18.95
* Pages : 239 pages, 25 illustrations
* Published : 2003
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The classic and most definitive book on Flying Star Feng Shui in English.
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K.I.S.S. Guide to Feng Shui (Keep It Simple Series)
* ISBN : 0789481472
* Price : £12.99 / $20.00
* Paperback : 352 pages; Dimensions : 1.09 x 9.23 x 7.61 inches, hundreds of full colour illustrations
* Published : 2001
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For those who want to start from the beginning with classical feng shui.
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aka Practical Makeovers Using Feng Shui
* Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
* ISBN : 0804832838
* Price : $19.95
* Room by room makeovers for your home
* Published : 2001
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Stephen Skinner
* Publisher : Trafalgar Publishing (US) and Cico Books (UK)
* ISBN : 1903116295
* Price : £10.99
* Pages : 160 pages, many colour illustrations
* Published : 2000, 2005
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Feng Shui: The Traditional Oriental Way
Book Boxed set with lo p'an
* Publisher : Parragon
* ISBN : 0752523856
* Price : $25.00
* Pages : 96 pages with many full colour illustrations
* Published : 1997, 2005 (Boxed set published 1999)
* Alternate edition : This title also comes as a boxed book (ISBN 0752532375) incorporating the first ever working lo p'an compass to be incorporated with a book set
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The Living Earth Manual of Feng Shui
New Edition
* Publisher : Penguin / RKP (UK) / Tuttle (US)
* ISBN : 0804837589
* Price : $14.95
* Pages : 192 pages
* Published : 1976 reprinted 1981, new expanded edition 2006
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"The book that started it all" Stephen Skinner wrote this book way back in 1976, long before feng shui become popular. It has been translated into 9 different languages around the world, including Chinese. This Book contains information on Classical and landform Feng Shui that has still not been surpassed.