Table of Contents

feng shuiForeword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Glossary

1. Introduction

2. Basic Concepts
Tao and Yin-Yang · Ch'i · The Five Elements · I Ching

3. Solutions
Chu-Shr · The Nine Basic Cures

4. Siting
Natural Elements · Natural Earth Shapes · The Man-Made Landscape · Cityscape

5. Shapes
L-Shapes · U-Shapes · Irregular Shapes · Various House Shapes · Various Room Shapes

6. Interiors: Elements Of Structure
Doors · Windows · Slants · Stairs · Ceilings · Beams · Corners · Columns · Room Arrangement

7. Furniture Placement
Homes · Business and Work Places · Politics · Mystical Burglar Alarm

8. Ba-Gua
L-Shapes and U-Shapes · Slants · Business and the Ba-Gua · Corners and Angles · Entrances · Colors and the Ba-Gua · Feng Shui and Stages of Life · The Three Harmonies · House-Body Relationships

9. Color
History of Color in China · Color Associations · Colors at Home · Colors at Work

Appendix 1: Yi
Three Secrets Reinforcement · Ba-Gua · Tracing the Nine Stars · The Eight-Door Wheel · Yu Nei · Yu Wai · Constantly Turning Dharma Wheel · House History · Sealing the Door · Housewarming

Appendix 2: Ch'i Cultivation
Human Ch'i · Five Elements and Ch'i · Adjusting the Five Elements · Meditation · Reincarnation

Appendix 3: Divination
Astrology · Palmistry · Lines · Fingers · Palm · Dreams · I Ching · How to Use the I Ching—Black Sect Method · Selected Cures · Backache Cure · Acquiring Marriage Ch'i · A Prenuptial Ritual · A Conception Ritual

Appendix 4: Yun Lin Temple's Feng Shui

About the Author

Sarah Rossbach has written four books and numerous articles on feng shui for the New York Times, the Washington Post, House and Garden, and Harper's Bazaar.