2.

Earth is the receptacle of qi—where there is earth,

there is qi.

3. Qi is the mother of water—where there is qi, there

is water.

4. The Classic says: Qi flows where the earth changes

shape; the flora and fauna are thereby nourished.

III. The Flow of Terrain

A. Contours and Features

1. Qi flows within the ground, follows the contour of

the terrain, and pools where the contour runs its
course.

2. For burial, seek the source and ride it to its

terminus.

3. Arteries give rise to ground contours.

4. Bones give rise to mountain contours.

5. They wind sinuously from east to west or from

south to north.

6. Thousands of feet distant, they are contours;

hundreds of feet nigh, they are features.

7. Contours advance and terminate in features. This is

called total qi.

8. On ground of total qi burial must occur at its

terminus.

B. Honorable Terrain

1. (Contour) twists and turns back upon itself, coil

upon coil and spiral, like (a dragon) crouching and
waiting, like (a dragon) grasping and holding.

2. First it advances and then it withdraws; when it

stops it plunges deep.

3. Accumulating as it approaches, amassing at its rest,