Qing Nang JingGreen Satchel doctrines · 青囊經
Form first; patterns refine, never rescue. Prove the bowl, bind the water mouth, select a collecting orientation, then let pattern distribute function.
The working order
形 → 理Evidence before pattern.
Terrain force follows form; pattern must submit to what the ground proves.
What this page covers
Refinement after qualification.
Qing Nang Jing is a rulebook for qualified landforms. It maps verses into Heaven-pattern, Earth-form, and Human-use while preserving the correct order: Zang Shu proves storage; Green Satchel rules refine orientation and distribution.
Placed within the Yang-gong stream, its layers and commentaries accumulated through Song, Ming, and Qing transmission.
If the bowl leaks, patterns are noise. No décor cure, compass degree, or time-school overlay can make failing terrain gather.
What Qing Nang Jing asserts
Four disciplines of refinement.
Mountain carries. Water commands.
Terrain bones establish potential; water paths and mouths decide the usable result.
Pattern submits to form.
Heaven-pattern follows terrain force, and terrain force is expressed through physical form.
Containment comes first.
Select the facing only after wind storage and water collection are proven.
Distribution—not siting.
Cycles refine how qualified space is used; they do not repair a leaking basin.
Three layers
Keep them separate—and ranked.
Heaven-pattern
Trigrams, Five Phases, stems and branches, He Tu, Luo Shu, and Nine Stars add color and sequence.
Earth-form · governs
Dragon, sand, seat, bright hall, and water mouth must physically prove storage.
Human-use
Doors, roads, rooms, circulation, and activity align only after form qualifies.
If the three layers disagree, Earth-form wins.
What “bowl” means
A functional basin—not a pretty curve.
Held and receiving
Higher continuous back, lower side embrace, open receiving front, and one bounded water mouth.
Wind, water, continuity
Smoke and leaves calm at the seat; rain routes around then exits; sound softens; seasonal comfort holds.
Scoured or flushed
Exposed ridges, canyon wind tunnels, head-on knife roads, and scenic ledges without back or side shields.
Five-step field sequence
Use Green Satchel correctly.
Every later refinement depends on the first pass/fail decision. Do not reverse the sequence.
Pattern tools that earn their place
Use them after form passes.
Micro-vector choice
Fine-tune the facing inside a proven bowl and avoid flushing the seat line.
Generate in; do not drain out
Favor incoming flow that supports the seat and outgoing flow that does not overcome it.
Phase balance
Check whether additions stabilize the field or amplify an existing leak.
Match function to temperament
Place active and quiet functions appropriately; never use symbols to bless unsafe façades.
Micro-water
Route movement toward collection, selection, and controlled release rather than flushing.
Reality check
Winter wind and wet-season drainage expose errors invisible on a pleasant inspection day.
Applications
How refinement earns its keep.
Choose the quiet-breathing vector
Place reception and major doors on supported segments; route corridors and driveways away from draining lines.
Match rooms to activity
Bedrooms favor quiet placement; living and dining can carry active functions. Containment lowers ambient friction.
Gather before payment
Retail needs a bright hall that gathers, lets people select, and then releases. Parking and pathways are part of the water design.
Abstracted micro-cases
Refine the pass—not the failure.
Qualified form; fast street drain
Move: Angle the entry to a supported segment and slow the mouth with structure and planting. Result: steadier footfall.
Scenic facing leaks
Move: Face the house toward collection while letting the deck take the view. Result: greater comfort and lower operating cost.
Center unit flushes
Move: Choose the end unit where micro-water loops, use a supported door segment, and widen the forecourt.
Field checklist
Two strikes? Walk.
- Bowl qualified: back, sides, bright hall, and mouth?
- Incoming supports the seat; outgoing does not drain it?
- Facing collects under wind and drainage tests?
- 24-Mountain segment avoids flushing the seat line?
- Functions match their stars and segments?
- Wet and dry season checks recorded?
Common traps & ethics
Refinement—not rescue.
- No 24-Mountain rescue missions for bad landform.
- No symbols where the water mouth is a scalpel.
- No one-season judgment or over-patterning to justify taste.
- No pattern licenses harm to neighbors or bypasses engineering.
- Document every change and keep before/after evidence.
Related reading
Keep the landform sequence intact.
The bottom line
Prove the bowl. Bind the mouth. Then distribute.
Qing Nang Jing is refinement, not rescue. Let patterns organize a qualified field—not justify a failing one.