Feng Shui

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Feng Shui

• Group 1
• Chan Sau Wai 50626742
• Cheung Tsun Yu 50667681
• Leung Man Yin 50684710
• Tsang Yuen Cheung 50698737
• Wong King Yat, Lawrence 50394059
• Wong Sze Ki, Ellen 50685914
• Wong Wai Shing 50670384

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Outline of run down

• Introduction of Feng Shui
• Psychological reasons for the belief
• Experiment
• Fallacy
• Abuse of creativity
• Improvement

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Introduction of Feng Shui
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Definition

• Water and Wind
• Ancient Chinese practice of positioning objects
  and buildings in harmony with nature to ensure
  good fortune
• Geomancy
• Art and science
• Linkage between environment andattitude,
  opportunities, and luckchange.

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Aspects influenced

• Mentors Networking
• Romance marriage
• Family Ancestors
• Career
• Education Knowledge
• Prosperity Wealth
• Fame Recognition
• Children

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Tools of Feng Shui
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5 Principles of Feng Shui

• Chi energy
• Yin and Yang
• Five elements
• Eight directions
• Nine ki astrology

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Follow the formulas of feng shui

• Good luck and good fortune
• such as career, health and wealth.
• Better supply of food and less natural disaster
  from the environment.

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Psychological reasons
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Reason of believing in Feng Shui

• Feng Shui offers the support of spirits.
• (Comfort and happiness)
• Following of the trend of Feng Shui.
• Confusing of similar theories.
• (Feng Shui, palmistry, astrology and augury)
• Scientific theory about Feng Shui.
• (Selection of places to built houses and
  tombs)

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Reason of believing in Feng Shui

• Psychological Explanation
• Chinese heritage (Cultural norm)
• Following what the past generation says
• Witnessing the success of Fung Shui
• Influenced by fung shui master- Mass publications

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Reason of believing in Feng Shui

• Not confident of themselves
• Anxiety about the future
• An escape from reality or personal problems

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Experiment
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Experiment

• 200 people (100 men and women)
• Divided into 2 groups(50 men and women each
  group)
• 25 years old
• One group assigned to a place which is good for
  health, another one assigned to a bad one

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Experiment

• Do same exercises at the same time.
• Rest and have meals at the same time.
• Duration
• One year
• Compare their health condition
• e.g. times of having illness or accidence

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Fallacy
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The first fallacy

• External environment affects human.
• Feng Shui masters a part of the environment
• judge a room by the direction of its
  windowgtgtgtluck
• Not including tiny things
• TV set, sunny or rainy, sun rise and sun set

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The first fallacy

• Often change places of the ornaments and
  decorates.
• This is a kind of change in environment

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The second fallacy

• When we cannot prove if an incident is right or
  wrong.
• Take it objectively
• But feng shui masters treat it as a correct and
  proved theory.
• Incorrect

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The second fallacy

• All universally approved as correct theory are
  supported by other theories.
• Proved by logical thinking and experiment.
• However, feng shui theory is based on Chi
  energy.
• Abstract and cannot be proved

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The second fallacy

• Estimate feng shui by their knowledge or
  experiment.
• Limitations in human knowledge and experience.
• So feng shui is again one-sided.
• Not absolutely correct theory.

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Abuse of creativity
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Feng Shui Abuse of creativity?

• The following three examples show feng shui is
  an abuse of creativity.
• A bowl of goldfish in our office or home.
• The location of our ancestors grave.
• A curved highway near a building.

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Curved highway near a building
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Improvement
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Modify in a more scientific way

• Using field detector to prove the presence of
  chi energy
• Electromagnetic effect

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Enlarge the sample space

• Do more experiments involving more people
• Increase random samples
• Increase population
• Credibility increased

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Reference

• Feng shui before and after, Stephen Skinner
• Practical Feng Shui, Simon Brown
• The Feng Shui Handbook, Derek Walters
• http//www.masterso.com
• http//www.fonghoiyue.com.hk
• http//www.maklingling.com

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The End

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