Which Chinese philosophical system translates into English as ‘Wind – Water’?
Feng shui Feng shui Feng shui or fengshui (, ), also known as Chinese geomancy, is a pseudoscience originating from China, which claims to use energy forces to harmonize individuals with their surrounding environment. The term "feng shui" literally translates as "wind-water" in English. This is a cultural shorthand taken from the passage of the now-lost "Classic of Burial" recorded in Guo Pu's commentary: Feng shui is one of the Five Arts of Chinese Metaphysics, classified as physiognomy (observation of appearances through formulas and calculations). The feng shui practice discusses architecture in terms of "invisible forces" that bind the universe, earth, and
A Chinese-English Dictionary terms (e.g., 無長物 there is nothing over."). The alternate entry "chang" 長 [no tone] (408) says ""See" 450." Giles' "A Chinese-English Dictionary" has received both acclaim and censure. An early critic, the Chinese Malaysian scholar Gu Hongming (1857-1928) criticized Giles' lack of overall insight into Chinese literature, and said It is this want of philosophical insight in Dr. Giles which makes him so helpless in the arrangement of his materials in his books. Take for instance his great dictionary. It is in no sense a dictionary at all. It is merely a collection of Chinese phrases and sentences, translated by