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A Comprehensive Survey of the Fengshui Principle-and-Qi School
From historical origins, theoretical foundations, and the compass as core instrument, to the doctrines of Eight Mansions, Sanhe, Xuankong Flying Star, and other major schools—along with comparative case studies and inter-school debates—a panoramic survey of the principle-and-qi (liqi) tradition for advanced readers.
Appendix I: A Quick-Reference Table of the Principle-and-Qi School's Major Schools
| School | Genealogical Affiliation | Core Variables | Temporal Dimension | Representative Texts | Main Region of Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eight Mansions | The Fujian ancestral-temple lineage | House trigram × life-gua × eight Roaming-Year stars | None | Bazhai Mingjing, Yangzhai Sanyao | Nationwide (mainstream of popular literature) |
| Sanhe | Attributed to Master Yang | Facing × water outlet × Twelve Stages of Life | None | Yuchi Jing, Dili Wujue | Southern countryside; Fujian, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Taiwan |
| Auxiliary-Star Gua-Flipping | The pure-yin-pure-yang system | Flipping the facing's trigram through the nine stars to take in water | None | The auxiliary-star water method included in the Dili Wujue | Circulates attached to Sanhe |
| Xuankong Flying Star | Jiang Daihong — Zhang Zhongshan — Shen Zhurong | Sitting-facing × cyclical period × nine-palace flying stars | Three Cycles and Nine Periods | Shenshi Xuankong Xue | Mainstream of Hong Kong/Taiwan and urban professional practice |
| Xuankong Great Gua | Jiang Daihong — Zhang Xinyan | Sixty-four-hexagram periods and line images | Two Cycles and Eight Periods | Dili Bianzheng Shu | Hong Kong, Taiwan |
| Xuankong Liu Fa | Tan Yangwu (claimed transmission from Li Qianxu) | Zero and Proper, the Golden Dragon, male and female | Two Cycles and Eight Periods | Xuankong Benyi | Hong Kong, Taiwan |
| Qiankun Guobao | Origin unclear, attributed to ancient sages | The Eight-Bureaus water method by sitting trigram | None | Various manuscript copies of the Qiankun Guobao | Taiwan; Fujian, Guangdong |
| Jinsuo Yuguan | An independent folk system | Sand and water in the eight directions | None (improved offshoots incorporate the cyclical period) | Compiled popular editions of its scripture | Northern Jiangsu, southern Shandong, eastern Henan |
| Purple-White | A layer shared across all schools | Flying stars by year, month, day, and hour | The Three-Cycles cycle | Zibai Jue | Shared in common across all schools |