ABOUT THE WORD XUAN KONG玄空
The word XuanKong 玄空had been translated and interpreted in many ways. Mostly it depends on the Fengshui school’s understanding of this word.
The SanYuan understanding and interpretation is slightly different from that of the SanHe understanding.
In the QingNang AoYu and TianYu Jing, there were several mention of this word XuanKong.
To quote Qing Nang Ao Yu：
雌与雄交会合玄空，雄与雌玄空卦内寻
Ci and Xiong interaction conforms to XuanKong, Xiong and Ci can find within the Gua of XuanKong玄空.
Ci and Xiong 雌与雄 are actually Yin and Yang, but, they are the ‘substantial” aspect of YinYang. Yin and Yang originally are both the abstract aspect of two extremes, such as male and female.
When we talk about Yin and Yang as Qi, we are referring to the non-substantial abstract aspect. On the other-hand when we talk about Ci and Xiong, we are talking about the substantial solid aspect.
Ci雌 means female.
Xiong雄 means male.
So when you read the classics and find these two words, it actually means the male and female substantial aspect of phenomena.
Another verse is:
玄空卦内寻
明玄空，只在五行中
To understand XuanKong, everything is within the 5 Elements.
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Xuan Tian Men FengShui School Understanding the word Xuan Kong
This verse has a very deep meaning. One aspect is that it is talking about the Dian Dian Dao theory of the 72 Dragons.
Another aspect is it is talking about the universal aspect of XuanKong.
“明玄空，只在五行中” and “玄空卦内寻”
These two phrases are actually pointing towards the mystical and profound YiJing Trigrams and Hexagrams that are in play within the mysterious and abstruse energy of the universe.
The word Xuan 玄means abstruse, mysterious or mystical; or it can mean black, deep dark unknown.
The word Kong 空means empty or void; or it can mean the sky or space.
When you coin these two singular words together as XuanKong玄空，and try to find its meaning in any Chinese dictionary, you might not find any specific interpretation or meaning.
Mostly, you might find a break up translation of individual word, such as Xuan 玄as mysterious; and Kong 空as empty.
So, eventually you might need to rely on Chinese Metaphysics masters to give you a translation of this word XuanKong玄空.
In a gist, XuanKong 玄空actually means the ‘Mysterious mystical voidness of the universal space’.
This is very abstract, but, in simple terms it can be understood in the contemporary sense as the ‘Universal energy that gives life to all phenomena on earth.’
Copyright Moon L. Chin 2021
Xuan Tian Men FengShui School Understanding the word Xuan Kong
If you read the following phrase, you might see this point.
Tian Yu Jing:
关天关地定雌雄，富贵此中逢。翻天倒地对不同，秘密在玄空。
Great concern of Heaven and Earth is fixing Male and Female, nobility prosperity can be found within.
Flipping the Heaven and overturning the Earth matching not the same, the secret is in the XuanKong.
“the secret is in the XuanKong” actually means you can find the secret working of universal energy in the mysterious voidness of the uuniverse.
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Copyright MoonChin. April 2021
