In common parlance, feng shui is referred to as an age-old technique that dates back at least a few thousand years. Despite this, I have recently come across at least two Chinese practitioners who are of the opinion that it is not quite as ancient as the majority of people believe it to be. An essay written by a guy and published on the internet asserts that the building is just roughly 70 years old. This is really ridiculous, but a customer just brought it to my notice via an essay that he wrote. I have no other choice except to infer that his essay contains a significant mistake. There is no way a reasonable person could believe that this spiritual tradition has only been practiced on this planet for the last seventy years given the fact that it is so deeply rooted in Chinese history and has been written in such a manner that it is exhaustively detailed. There are books that date back hundreds of years that have been preserved for us to this day, as well as documents from a variety of Chinese dynasties that detail how it was researched, cataloged, and governed. We are aware of which emperors took use of this old knowledge just for their own benefit and which ones demanded that it be verified and categorized in accordance with established criteria. Ancient antiques such as feng shui compasses and old texts may be seen displayed in museums all over the globe. These items are referred to as luo pans. We are even aware of the names of some of the most influential masters and contributors to this art and science, as well as the locations in China of the places where their schools first opened their doors. However, the length of time that the practice may be traced back depends on the reference point that you choose. Before guo pu (276-234 ce), the word “feng shui” had never been used. In his work zang shu, often known as the book of burial, he came up with the phrase. Before that point, people would refer to it as either the “di li” or the “kan yu” hypothesis. Long before it was employed for navigational reasons in ships at sea, the compass was first developed by the Chinese for the purposes of feng shui divination. When researching the history of the compass, any online search will lead you to the same conclusions. It’s possible that some people have the misconception that the method wasn’t used to its full potential until the creation of the compass; however, this is not the case. Before an official luo pan was ever made, prior masters did their research using a needle that had a magnet attached to it. Also, it is safe to suppose that a sizable number of individuals were aware that the globe is not flat long before it was considered “common knowledge.” New applications in relation to magnetic north were made possible with the invention of the compass; however, practitioners of “fang shih” had been making use of a tool known as a shih board, which had calculations engraved on it in relation to true north for a very long time before the compass was invented. The shih board was in use prior to the introduction of the luo pan and served as its immediate ancestor. Some writers and practitioners may be referring to the establishment of two main schools as the beginning point in the history of feng shui. The san he school, which was established by wang chi (990–c. 1060), came into existence before the san yuan school by around 600 years. The san yuan methods, and in particular those taught by the xuan kong flying star school, are used by a significant number of traditional practitioners in today’s world. This school of feng shui is significantly newer, however it is certain that the practice of feng shui as a whole is more than 2,000 years old. Sometimes it may be said that it is older than 6,000 years, and this may be due to the fact that other ancient civilizations were also experimenting with the same ideas, such as in india and what is now iraq (known as the “cradle of civilization” with a cultural history that spans 10,000 years). Numerous ancient societies had a strong interest in astronomy, which is considered to be the origin of feng shui. These cultures also laid the groundwork for what the Chinese would later take to an extremely advanced degree, both as an oral and a well-documented tradition. We are taken all the way back to 2,852 b.c. when fu xi is credited with articulating the eight trigrams, the he tu, and the former heaven sequence in stephen skinner’s book, feng shui history (subtitle: the story of classical feng shui in china and the west from 221 b.c. to 2012 a.d.). This is the time period covered by the book’s subtitle. Although fu xi may not have been a single individual but rather an era, the fundamental ideas and some of the applications for the practice of feng shui were being conceived during this time period. Fu xi is considered to be the father of all of Chinese metaphysics. Kartar Diamond is a practitioner who was educated in the traditional methods and has been consulting full time since 1992. Kartar has provided consulting services to hundreds of customers and maintains an active research and writing schedule. Visit the website www.fengshuisolutions.net for further details on Kartar Diamond’s books, ebooks, mentorship program, and consultation services. 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