Bump into a stone tablet consisting of the analysis of the FengShui master. For this case in question, it was said that a major renovation was carried out in January 2002 (Period 8), led by the Wang ZhongYi with his team of artisan from FuZhou China not without its setback as these artisans could not salvage the existing records. It was also known that there was a renovation attempt back in 1996, which ultimately resulted in incomplete and abandon works, leaving the fragments of the temple scattered everywhere. It was in these fragments that the stone tablet dated back to 1964 was unearthed.
The tablet has the inscription of the FengShui master and the translation of the records may be as the followings:-
"... Penang, Bukit Bendera (Penang Hill). Temple of the Jade Emperor.
Xu Mountain, Chen Facing, the entrance Main Door (May mean access to the main entrance) has its earth slanted (due to soil erosion?) thus, the FengJing alignment has also been misaligned (The original alignment has been deviated largely due to this assumed erosion). Change 5 Ping (Construe as leveling or to gain a level) 5 Xu in accordance to the seaming needle. Thus, predicting joss fire in the stage of weakening and retreat. In the Middle Yuan, Period 6 (Beginning JiaChen 1964, ending GuiHai 1983), 6 white WuQu LingXing (Commanding star) shimmering prosperous. Given raised the opportunity to change Heaven Luck to receive WuQu Commanding star. Thus change Entrance Main Door FenJing alignment establish in Xu mountain, Chen facing to JianPing SiDao, build leveling of the four corners (A technical term for FenJing alignment or establishing of the Xue). Facing up receive 6-8 auspicious with water as the host, wealth luck prosperous. Zhen location fronting 7 red metal (potentially) ShengQi (growing qi) has a huge pond (reservoir) with unrevealed timeliness imagery (Something to do with the direct/indirect spirits). Then appropriate and befitting to apply door establishing scripts. (Garner) wealth luck great prosperity lasting 40 years, (Thus) fulfilling SanYuan renewing luck formation (structure). Where the pavilion is, at below, build a road surrounding and adjoining the entrance main door. Appropriate connecting 6 white 8 white, part by part with growth (Qi) enters is (in a) mysterious (way). Select BingWu year, 2nd month, 6th day, afternoon 12 o'clock, start work (renovation commence). (In the following) 2nd month (of the) 9th day (in the) morning 10am (is timely to) change of the Heaven Luck (Could also mean the upper beam of the entrance threshold). (Then, in the) 2nd month of the 9th day at afternoon 12 o'clock, (it is timely to perform) door installation.
Greater SanYuan XuanKong, School of the Nine Stars Auspicious Bestowing Method,
Choo Pu Kong (Chairman)..."
What interest us, is not that as claimed that the FengShui master has predicted the cave in of the main entrance 40 years ago, as the above inscription only state the fact that alignment of the door has been altered which may have occurred due to the earlier erosion, but the series of analysis the master made to arrive at a particular conclusion.
The followings are noteworthy: -
1. Mountain matching Facing may seem liked the Shen's FlyingStar. Plotted a chart based on period 6, sitting Xu facing Chen, with 6-8 meeting at the facing. SanYuan 3 cycle is use instead of the ErYuan 2 cycle. Fulfilling Ling and Zhen spirits, although it is hinted but not expressed. Easily conclude the master may use the Flying Star method although he never mentioned about flying star but 9 stars.
2. Emphasis on the entrance main door, RuKou DaMen (lit: entrance huge door) which could be just an arch way. In SanYuan, location of the Qi mouth is their point of reference? Then, what is the use of the pavilion? What is known as Door Establishment Script?
3. Establishing of FengJing (Gold Division). Nothing mention about DaGua. The interesting notion of JianPing SiDao using the FongJen or the seam needle. Could it be the man plate of the SanHe LuoPan, very strange for a SanYuan practitioner? Could it means to say, even SanYuan has 3 rings?
4. Using the roads to divert water, establishing ingress and egress which is the cornerstone of SanHe and not SanYuan. In addition, the phrase connecting the 6 white with the 8 white, step by step using the road as the water channel? Even so, there is no reference made as to the use elemental placement of objects, but the flow of Qi communicating the 6 to the 8.
5. Where the Heaven's Heart and others? What is the imagery of 6 over 8, potentially cave in? Do you read 6 over 8 as Early or Later Heaven Gua? Why prosperity only last for 40 years (2 periods) and not SanYuan BuBai (Eternal lasting)?
This account shows that there are as many XuanKong FlyingStar Master practicing in Penang in the 1960s with quite different strokes as compared to the contemporary method of elemental object placement we knew today. Needless to say, this method is going to stay for long, but at least it has proven to be a good tool for divination and all the "hoo-haa" scare effects about period change, as history unfolds itself, is true to a certain degree only when the property is in Gua.
Note: Picture extracted from my-island-penang.com
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