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Xiang digu jing 相地骨經

Jun 27, 2025 © Ulrich Theobald

Xiang digu jing 相地骨經 a brief text on geomancy which allegedly follows the instruction of Master Green Bird (Qingniao Xiansheng 青鳥先生), who lived during the Han period 漢 (206 BCE-220 CE). He is also believed to have written a book called Zangjing 葬經, which gave advice to the auspicious position of tombs.

The Xiang digu jing is not listed in ancient book catalogues, but is included in the early Ming-period 明 (1368-1644) series Shuofu 說郛.

Source:
Wu Longhui 吳龍輝, ed. 1994. Zhonghua zajing jicheng 中華雜經集成, vol. 2, 641. Beijing: Zhongguo shehui kexue chubanshe.