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Feng Shui also pays attention to the concept of "neutralization". Where did it originate?

The philosophical basis of geomantic omen is the theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements, and the idea of harmonious coexistence between man and nature. The source of the method is six hexagrams and eight diagrams, combined with heavenly stems and earthly branches and nine planets to practice. Its ultimate goal is to occupy the geomantic treasure land of "hiding wind and gathering gas" in order to pursue the unity of heaven and man and obtain the best geomantic effect of the unity of heaven and man. So where did its "concept of neutralization" come from?

The theory of Yin and Yang is the cosmology and methodology of China's traditional culture, which has been fully reflected in the Book of Changes. Yin and Yang in the Eight Diagrams of the Book of Changes are centered on Yin and Yang, and eight basic material forms are defined from the ever-changing and complicated things, named after heaven, earth, fire, thunder, wind and mountain, thus creating the Eight Diagrams. Eight diagrams and sixty-four hexagrams are almost all composed of yin and yang, which embodies the interdependence and mutual control of yin and yang in each hexagram. Even the pure Yang dry divination is matched with the pure Yin Kun divination.

"Neutralization" is an ancient concept in China's cognitive history, an important category of Confucian philosophy and one of the essences of China's traditional culture. The concept of "neutralization" is also the unity of man and nature to a certain extent, and it is the harmonious unity of man and nature. In fact, Feng Shui is an ancient environmental culture in China, and it pays attention to being prepared for danger in times of peace. We should choose a place where mountains and rivers are full of vitality.

Originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was carefully crafted by calligraphers such as Dong Zhongshu in the Han Dynasty and matured in the Song Dynasty, and its structure became the main body of China traditional culture. The ancients believed that man and nature were an inseparable whole. People should make the most effective use of the natural environment, live according to the way of heaven operation, find the best natural conditions, or transform the land into the most harmonious, so as to achieve the situation of harmony between man and nature.