Understanding the word XuanKong

[moonchin]

Here is an article that I wrote many years ago, for my students.  It is an information enlightening them about understanding the word XuanKong.

Most of my students had learnt FengShui from other masters, and I found out that they have very low knowledge of the Fundamentals and also because they do not know Chinese, their knowledge and understanding of certain terms in Metaphysics is very limited.

The article is as follows:

THE MEANING OF XUAN KONG 玄空


The word Xuan Kong 玄空, to many people might conjure up the thought of XuanKong Flying Stars Fengshui or XuanKong DaGua Fengshui.

This is understandable, because I found out from my interactions with foreign students, that, they have a very shallow understanding of the fundamental theories and principles of Chinese Metaphysics.

One of the ‘shallow understanding’ is that of the word XuanKong 玄空.  It is understandable because the concept of XuanKong is very difficult to describe in plain words.  It had even stumped many Oriental ‘masters’.

Here is a quote about the difficulty of understanding the word XuanKong玄空:

世人不见天机秘，浅破有何益, 泄今博深地中仙，玄空妙难言
Humans could not see the secrets of heaven,
What then, is the use of lightly leaking (the truth)?
Now to reveal the intrinsic essence to the Earth saints (Fengshui masters),
The word XuanKong is profoundly mystical and difficult to express.


Here I shall explain the word Xuan Kong玄空:
•   Xuan 玄—can mean, black and mysterious, or profound.
•   Kong 空—can mean emptiness, voidness, space, sky, air, etc….


When these two words are coined together, as 玄空, and used in Chinese Metaphysics, and, as it has appeared in many ancient writings of Metaphysics Classics, it conjures up a meaning of the – ‘Profound and Mysterious Voidness of the Space of the Universe’.

So, in future, whenever you come across this word XuanKong玄空, you would know it has the meaning as mentioned above.


What is the function of XuanKong in Burial Fengshui?

When burial, the idea is to bury or store the person’s body DNA in an auspicious place to absorb the good Qi, that, in turn is transmitted back to the person via the Mysterious Void called the Xuan Kong 玄空.



TianYu Jing 天玉经《四库全书》收录本

Original text 原文：
关天关地定雌雄，富贵此中逢，翻天倒地对不同，机密在玄空。
三阳水口尽源流，富贵永无休，三吉六秀二神当，立见入庙堂。

Translation
‘Great concern of Heaven and Earth is fixing Ci Xiong,
‘nobility and prosperity can be found within.”
‘Flipping the Heaven and overturning the Earth matching not the same,
the secret is in the XuanKong.’
‘Three Yang Water Exits ending in original flow,
prosperity and nobility forever no need to worry.’
The two Gods uphold the Three Auspicious Six Elegant,
instantly can see enter Temple hall.


Heaven here means Heaven Plate or Tian Pan double mountain for establishing Water Exits and also distant hills. 
Earth here means Earth Plate or DiPan 72 Dragons for establishing Incoming Dragon and Xue spot, and riding ShengQi.   

The word Ci Xiong means the Yin and Yang or the Male and Female aspect.

Therefore, this phrase means that it is through the connection of establishing the Water Exit and the Incoming Dragon and Xue that fixes the Yin and Yang of riding ShengQi.

And if it is done right, then ‘nobility and prosperity can be found within.”


‘Flipping the Heaven’ means not following or conforming to the rules of establishing the Water exits via the use of the TianPan;

 ‘Overturning the Earth’ means not using the 72 Dragons AiXing correctly.

‘the secret is in the XuanKong’ –
XuanKong here means the ‘Unseen Void’ or the ‘Mysterious Void’ where the mysterious workings of the Unseen creates that brings whatever auspiciousness when things are done right.

Therefore, based on this verse, the definition of XuanKong means that the correct interaction of Dragon (mountains) and Water (River) causes the ‘Creation of ShengQi.’ within the ‘Profound and Mysterious Voidness of the Space of the Universe’.


Three Yang Water Exits means the Dragon and water interaction exiting Mu, Jue and Tai palaces.  If the water flows meandering slowly and smoothly out the three water Exits, then auspiciousness of prosperity and nobility is endless.

The Two Gods here means the Dragon God and the Water God.

The Three Auspicious and Six Elegant here is referring to the Qi phases of the 12 Growth Phase  十二长生 of ---
a)   ChangSheng长生, LinGuan 临官 and DiWang 帝旺as the Three Auspicious; and
b)   ChangSheng长生, GuanDai 官带, LinGuan临官, DiWang帝旺, Tai胎and Yang 养as the Six Elegant.


These Three Auspicious and Six Elegant are referring to the auspicious relationship between the Xue spot and the Distant Hills and the Crossing MingTang Water.  Whenever these conditions are met, it is like ‘instantly can see enter Temple hall.’

This phrase ‘entering temple hall’ means auspiciousness because whenever someone enters a temple to pray it is auspicious.



Hope this article can enlighten your understanding of the word XuanKong.

MoonChin
Xuan Tian Men FengShui School

[duesouth]

Hi Moonchin,
Thank you. A very interesting article indeed!

Hi all,
I’m not a practitioner, just a casual (and, frankly, slow-learning) student. Here are some simple thoughts.

I see Xuan Kong 玄空 (also called Yuan Kong (元空) in some books) as the balance of Yang (陽) and Yin (陰), one (一) and zero (零), and solid (寔) and empty (空). For me, the key word is ‘balance’. As Moonchin highlights: “interaction of Dragon (mountains) and Water (River)”.

That’s why I wonder whether some people’s aggressive activation of a single star (e.g. annual star #8) in Xuan Kong Flying Stars (玄空飛星) makes sense . Where is the balance? I don’t pretend to have the answer .

Cheers.

[moonchin]

Yes, one of the basic requirements in fengshui practice is to know and understand Yin and Yang.

Every Fengshui method has its pros and cons, but in modern days, some fengshui methods, when it comes to application of fundamentals such as Yin and Yang Qi, are not objective enough.  Most are quite subjective in their application.

Having said that, I wish to point out that the original XuanKong Flying Stars fengshui as propagated by Jiang Da Hong and probably one or two generations of his students and grand-students were quite complete and comprehensive, in the sense that they place great importance on LuanTou (landform and forms and features of the surrounding).

When Sheng Ju Ren copied Zhang Zhong San's XuanKong flying stars practice notes, many important teachings and secret practices were not recorded in that note book. Zhang Zhong San is not stupid. He would not have given away his lineage secrets for a few taels of gold.

In my research into fengshui history, methods and practices, I dug out many important and 'damning' information (LoL) -- some are very interesting.

For example, the an important information that I researched and found out is that Yang Jun Song did not propagate XuanKong fengshui. 

And XuanKong DaGua fengshui is only a few hundred years old!!!

I might write about this in future.

MoonChin.