英文摘要 |
During the Tang and Song dynasties, grave placement was based on a set of techniques known as the “five surname method” (wuxing fa五姓法), of which the most important was the “liujia bagua mound method” (liujia bagua zhongzang fa 六甲八卦冢葬法). Despite its popularity and its continued use until the Yuan dynasty, the concept and algorithm informing the liujia bagua method has yet to be adequately explained. Combining the procedures recorded in fengshui texts from the Tang and Song dynasties with actual data from excavated tombs, this article clarifies the criteria used for tomb selection by analyzing and verifying the calculation procedures of the liujia bagua method. In addition to explicating the methodology involved in selecting liujia and bagua tombs, the two location standards of qinjiao 禽交 and liuchi 六尺 are also explored. |