Feng Shui

feng shui fengshui fēngshuǐ fēngshui English Noun - 1 en feng shui. en Summary of news from the Far East. China. Tientsin. The London and China Telegraph, Japan Herald, and Journal of the Eastern Archipelago French mail London Printed for the proprietors by Richard Kindee,Milford-lane, Strand, W.C., and published by James Westat the office of the “London and China Telegraph,” 2 Cowper’s-court, Cornhill, in the parish of St. Michael’s, in the City of London. 15 March 1869 7 June 1869 XI 315 258 https://books.google.com/books?id=WDBBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA258 2 759782421 On my telling two missionaries here lately that this Government would not allow a road to be made to their coal mines because it would obstruct the Feng-shui, they only laughed at it. [...] The upper classes may have Feng-shui, and use it when it suits them, as the Government do; but they also, when it suits their purpose, have no difficulty in overcoming the Feng Shui. en Mr. [M. M.] De Lano to Mr. Holcombe. [Inclosure 3 in No. 61; No. 111; The Wu Shih Shan Riot. Placards.] Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, with the Annual Message of the President, December 1, 1879.Preceded by a List of Papers and Followed by an Index of Persons and Subjects. Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office 15 September 1878 1879 187 https://books.google.com/books?id=6XAWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA187 1060917057 The following are translated copies of placards which have been extensively posted in the city and suburbs during the past week: [...] "[...] On recovering our Feng Shui land, then the state will be prosperous, the people peaceable, the winds moderate, and the rains favorable. Let all the people exert themselves." en w:Helen Fielding Saturday, 11 November https://books.google.com/books?id=l5jMNzr-CnYC&pg=PT171 Bridget Jones’s Diary London Picador 1996 978-0-330-37163-6 London w:Penguin Books 1999 (2010 printing) 978-1-101-19954-1 Thought this might be the perfect time to do the Feng Shui so went out and bought Cosmopolitan. Carefully, using the drawing in Cosmo, I mapped the ba-gua of the flat. Had a flash of horrified realization. There was a wastepaper basket in my Helpful Friends Corner. No wonder bloody Tom had disappeared. en Michael Y. Mak; Albert T. So Case Studies: Sustainable Design and Feng Shui Scientific Feng Shui for the Built Environment: Fundamentals and Case Studies Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Press 2011 153 https://books.google.com/books?id=nQAojhhfBxoC&pg=PA153 1 978-962-937-178-4 As can be seen, there are similarities and differences between sustainable design and Feng Shui concepts. From the analysis, the sustainable design concepts aimed at the creation of enjoyable space for human interactions and balance between the natural and the built environment, can be identified with the Feng Shui concepts of unity of heaven and humanity, and the Yin and Yang harmony. Dutch nl: Noun 1 m,n - - nl feng shui