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A Brief History
Feng Shui has been practised in China at least since the Tang
Dynasty.
The most ancient master in this art is generally believed to
be Yang Yun Sang who is universally acknowledged as the Founder
of Feng Shui.
Master Yang left a legacy of classic that have been preserved
and continuously studied to this day.
He was the principal advisor of the court of the Emperor Hi
Tsang (A.D. 888), and his books on Feng Shui made up the major
texts on which succeeding generations of practitioners based
their art.
Master Yang's emphasis was on the shape of the mountains, the
direction of water courses, and above all, on locating and understanding
the influence of the Dragon, Cha's most revered celestial creature.
His doctrines were detailed in three famous classic works that
wholly describe Feng Shui practice in terms of colourful Dragon
metaphors.
The first of these, "Han Lung Ching", contains the "Art of Rousing
the Dragon".
The second, "Ching Nang Ao Chih", comprises the methods of determining
the location of the Dragon's lair.
While the third book is "I Lung Ching", translated under the
title "Canons approximating Dragons".
This third book provides the methods and techniques on how to
find the Dragon in areas where they do not prominently stand
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