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‖ feng-shui|ˈfʌŋˌʃuːɪ|
Also 8 fong-choui.
[Chinese, f. feng wind + shui water.]
In Chinese mythology, a system of spirit influences, good and evil, which inhabit the natural features of landscapes; hence, a kind of geomancy for dealing with these influences in determining sites for houses and graves. Also in extended use.
1797Encycl. Brit. IV. 679/1 The greater part of the Chinese are of the opinion that all the happiness and misfortunes of life depend upon the fong-choui. 1883Ibid. XV. 204/1 The feng-shui, or ‘wind-and-water’ magic, is a system the practitioners of which regulate the building of houses and tombs by their local aspects. 1906W. De Morgan Joseph Vance xxvii. 252, I think what the Chinese call the Feng-Shui of the sofa-back had a good deal to answer for. a1936Kipling Something of Myself (1937) vii. 178 We entered and felt her Spirit—her Feng Shui—to be good. 1967‘A. Cordell’ Bright Cantonese xi. 123, I climbed to the grave of my mother, which was fine for Feng Shui with its wind and water. |