What Feng Shui has to say about auspicious room dimensions?

Vincent · February 4, 1999

Hi!
I am very curious about what feng shui has to say about roomdimensions. The fs-ruler is too short, and I can't think of any reasonable way to extend it. I read about one architect here in Sweden whos favourite room dimension was 3.6m x 3.6m; but the *feeling* I get of that dimension (when I test it) is that it is very oldfashioned and boring.
Please enlighten me with a very thorough and precise answer and I'll be forever grateful :-)
Thank you beforehand!
-Anon

Administrator · February 4, 1999

Dear Vincent,
Thanks for bring up this interesting topic.
At the "micro level" of Feng Shui, in the past, where Chinese burial was
very important to the rich and royalty: They (officials) spare no expense in
getting the proper measurements correct and they use the Chinese ruler to
measure everything " correctly " i.e. the curved frontage of the burial
site, the tombstones have good Feng Shui measurements.
Even recent Feng Shui authors such as Lillian Too do mention that she
`purposely' got the correct dimensions for her books.
For those interested in antique Chinese furniture, you can learn about
proper feng shui dimensions e.g. if you have the opportunity to measure
antique Chinese altar tables, these have " perfect " Feng Shui dimensions.
For those who have the opportunity to be `near' to any furniture shops
selling geniune
Chinese furniture e.g. chairs, table, cabinets, you can at your free time,
measure these.
I am sure, most of them will meet the height / width / dept of Feng Shui
good dimensions.
Here in Singapore, we have many races and the " undocumented " fact was that
all Housing Board Flat entrance doors are " Feng Shui correct. This fact is
not made known because of the various religious beliefs (but Feng Shui is
definitely not a religion thou). Anyway, I know that if I mention this, no
one will cause a *riot* sparked
from this forum as everyone would want "Prosperity".
Sorry about this long diversion. There is another situation, where one of my
engineer friends, got a table made exactly to his "direction". He feels
really comfortable `using' it. But if someone else were to `use' the table,
it would be `awful'.
Therefore the truth of the matter is akin to the saying " one man's meat is
another man's poison ".
I will certainly do more research into this area and when I know more, will
certainly share it with everyone here:)
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Hi!
I am very curious about what feng shui has to say about roomdimensions. The
fs-ruler is too short, and I can't think of any reasonable way to extend it.
I read about one architect here in Sweden whos favourite room dimension was
3.6m x 3.6m; but the *feeling* I get of that dimension (when I test it) is
that it is very oldfashioned and boring.
Please enlighten me with a very thorough and precise answer and I'll be
forever grateful :-)
Thank you beforehand!
-Anon

Vincent · February 5, 1999

Yesterday I found a book - I think by Lillian Too - that said that all multiples of the standard imperial foot plus auspicious lengths of the ruler where auspicious.
Still - one has to wonder - one book is not enough.
-Vincent

Cecil Lee · February 5, 1999

Dear Vincent,

Indeed, I can verify the accuracy of Lillian Too's statement. A Feng Shui foot is equivalent to an imperial foot. By utilizing this precise measurement of 43 cm or roughly 17 inches as the diagonal of a square, we arrive at what Mathematicians refer to as the 'Magic or golden square'.

The Feng Shui foot recurs every 43 cm [or 17 inches.] I previously penned a brief piece on this subject, accessible at the following link: http://www.geomancy.net/fs/ruler.htm I trust this information proves beneficial.

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On 2/5/99 3:27:08 PM, Anonymous wrote:
Yesterday I found a book - I
think by Lillian Too - that
said that all multiples of the
standard imperial foot plus
auspicious lengths of the
ruler where auspicious.
Still - one has to wonder -
one book is not enough.
-Vincent

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