On The Sitting Documents Of House And Grave Of Dunhuang Manuscripts

Dunhuang manuscripts of Zhaijing and Zangshu, which means the documents about how to choose the sites of houses and graves discovered in Dunhuang China, have made up the interval of the development and the chain of historical materials in Chinese geomantic omen and have important academic value. Thus, scholars domestic and overseas have been aroused great interest and have made much progress in its beneficial research, while their deficiencies are in the span or the depth. The dissertation, having made up of ten chapters, has been striving to further the discussion by unscrambling their substance fully and profoundly, on the basis of my predecessors. The introduction, the first chapter, deals with the category, the importance and status in the research, and my innovations about Zhaijing and Zangshu. Chapter two classifies and denominates for the geomantic documents, in which the classification of the mixed copy of Wuxing Yinyangzhai gives special prominence to the characteristic of such category. Chapter Three gives a textual interpretation of siting Yinyangzhai, including the map of the diagonal dividing line of South Chen and North Xu, and the directions of punishments and rewards of Yinyangzhai and the relation between the heavenly circulation and the lucky days for building Yinyangzhai, and analyses the popular citing methods of the whole series. The full-scale research to Wuxing Zhaijing is arranged for Chapter Four, which discusses the schools and the technique in divination of Wuxing Zhai and Wuxing Yinyangzhai and traces to its source to make the origin and development clear about the relation between Wuxing and Wuyin. The transferred drawing of the maps of Wuxing Zhai collected in France and Great Britain makes readers clear at a glance. The analyses of its denomination, meaning, principle in plotting and viewing, direction indicating with Ganzhi and Bagua, and gods and evils are also in this chapter. Chapter Five deals with Bazhaijing, such as the combing of the development and change from Bazhaijing to Bazhai Mingjing, which gives a clear thread of thoughts of Bazhai School. In chapter Six, the issues such as the divinities and devils in building, the ecliptic twelve divinities in P.2964, the colored diagram of nine directions in P.3594.Chapter Seven classifies and concludes the skills to siting houses and graves by examining the land. The carding of traditional skills of siting, together with that of Han and Ming, is expected to a more integrated understanding to the skills and their evolvement. The interpretation to the grave of Liujia and Bagua, which name is relative to Liushi Jiazi and Bagua, making use of Dili Xinshu and Dahan Yuanling MiZangjing, is discussed in Chapter Eight.Chapter Nine unveils the custom materials in building and burying in Dunhuang manuscripts of Zhaijing and Zangshu. Chapter Ten analyses the conception of Yinyang Wuxing and harmony between human and nature, opens out the philosophy of human being in pursuing ideal environment and the wisdom of exploiting, utilizing and protecting environment, interprets human lucky-oriented mind to seek help from and connect with Heaven and God through buildings imitating Heaven and Earth.