1.1 云龙子旺财馆是谁？

云龙子是风水文化的光荣革命。

与其为你诊断风水，云龙子旺财馆为你提供解决方案。换言之，云龙子旺财馆让你获得灵丹妙药而不是为你望闻问切；让你获得治疗的方法而不是诊断的医生；让你知道如何将美梦变成现实，而不是认为人生只能如此。

只能是最好最旺财的极品翡翠，差一点的都不行。

一言以敝之，云龙子旺财馆让你获得人生的美好奖励而不是命中注定的圣旨。

－－云龙子大师

1.2 传统的风水师 (Part 1)

在古代，风水师父仅为社会里最有权威，最有财富的人服务，比方说皇家与贵族。这来必是一种媚上而鄙下的态度，而是传统风水师建议的方案，设有权威与财富者往往难以办到。当时的风水师与当时的医师一样，仅给于诊断的结果及治疗的方案。执行方案的责任完全落在客户身上。由于量少，执行方案的价格变得极度昂贵。

有趣的是，有些客户成了潮流的领航者。可是这些潮流是根据那些客户的个人命理需求，而不是对症于大家的需求。

如意灵芝 老坑玻璃种

比方说，假设乾隆皇帝的吉利颜色不是白的话，羊脂白玉便不会如此抢手而变得极度昂贵。假设慈喜太后的吉利颜色不是绿色，我们今天知道的老坑玻璃种万能就不会是祖母绿的艳绿色了。

-- 云龙子大师

Faq 5. What is Imperial Jade?

There are in all 4 imperial green jadeite dragons in Lotus on Water. 2 are worn by Master Yun himself. The third imperial dragon was sold to a blessed client last week. This is the 4th and last piece of imperial dragon.

In order to be called the "Imperial Jade", five criteria must be fulfilled.

First, it must be green.

Then, it must be evenly green.

However, as evenness in colour is actually quite impossible to achieve if it is not artificially coloured, the term "even" can be understood as "full". It must be fully green.

Third, it must be transparent. We call it glass quality.

Forth, it must be strong in color.

Fifth, it must be bright in color.

It is very rare for jade shops and jewelery shops to sell imperial jade. It is not only expensive, it is also rare and most sought after. Thus the price of imperial jade escalate faster than any other kind of jade. Thus it is often more profitable to keep than to sell them away. It is the highest standard jade can achieve.

Imperial jade is the kind of jade that the famous empress dowager would wear.

Master Yun Long Zi, the founder of Lotus on Water, would wear 2 pieces of imperial jade pendent underneath his shirt on casual occasion. It signifies yin and yang.

He would wear 3 pieces of imperial jade on formal occasion. The additional one would be a Heaven and Earth, Double Dragon Fiery Jade on his finger. It attracts energy from heaven, earth and human.

On ceremonious occasion, when he needs to perform his duty of bringing blessing to others, he would wear four pieces of imperial jade. It draws power from four different directions.

As the number of clients increases, and the number of auspicious creation for him to bless is multiplying exponentially, he is considering adding another imperial jade to make up to five for the ceremonious occasion. It is pulling energy from four direction and centralizing them in the center like a whirlpool.

Faq 4. Who is empress dowager Ci Xi?

Empress Ci Xi was the most powerful woman in Qing Dynasty. Started out as a concubine, she climbed herself up to be the empress. After the emperor passed away, she became Empress dowager to many subsequent emperors. The reason she could do so is: 1) she lived much longer than the emperors she raised; 2) she was more powerful than the emperors and she could win more support from other officials.

Logically, it is very abnormal because Qing Dynasty was a very conservative dynasty where the position of men is much lifted up while the position of women is much suppressed. The law at that time forbade women to be involved with political decision.

Empress dowager Ci Xi, however, got a lot of support from the officials, especially the most powerful ones. She was higher than the laws and more powerful than emperors.

Guess? Yes! Her favorite gemstone is green jadiete. It is because of her that the transparent, deep green jadeite is called the imperial jade.

Lotus on Water has 4 imperial green jadeite dragons till now. 2 are worn by Master Yun himself. The third imperial dragon was sold to a blessed client last week. This is the 4th and last piece of imperial dragon.

Another thing to mention. Though she lived till very ripe old age, her skin was very smooth and her complexion very fair. It is recorded that there seemed to be an attractive glow on her face.

Jadeite energy is said to be able to penetrate through the skin, goes deep into the body and inner organs, restore them to health and then shine through the skin and complexion.

-- Master Yun Long Zi, 21 November 2013

Faq 3. What is Mutton Fat Jade? (re: Chapter 1.2)

Scientifically, only two types of stone is jade -- the nephrite and the jadeite. In comparison, nephrite is softer than jadeite and thus, it is called "soft jade" while jadeite is called "hard jade".

Soft jade is the stone of the gentleman, according to the classics -- warm, moisturized, translucent, and shine with luster. The most valuable colour for soft jade is white. The best white jade comes from Xin Jiang. It needs a cultured mind and scholarly eyes to tell which of the white jade is most superior. 

The best kind of white jade, according to classics, is like a piece of white mutton fat. It is milky white, which is warming to the heart, and it's surface has a layer of watery and waxy gloss like a piece of fat.

Reminding them of the emperor Qian Long, the cultured Chinese gentleman loved to carry a piece of white jade and fonder with it all day. 

Mutton Fat white jade is very rare and difficult to find. Most jade shop cannot afford to own one, also because it is only appreciated by the very discerning few.

You can find Mutton Fat White Jade in Lotus on Water Exquisite Jadeite Gallery.

-- Master Yun Long Zi, 20 November 2013

FAQ 2. How do we know that white is Emperor Qian Long favorable (lucky) element? (re: Chapter 1.2)

Of course the officials would not record the lucky or unlucky elements of the emperor. It must be held with highest confidentiality and strictest secrecy. 

We can however, deduce it through three events that happened:

First, he is called Emperor Qian Long. "Qian" is one of the eight hexagram of I-Ching. It belongs to the element of metal, the element colour being white. "Long" means a big lump, or in abundance. "Qian Long" can be literary be translated to mean "in abundance of the great metal element". Would he be called "Qian Long" if metal, white in its element colour, was not his lucky element?

Secondly, it was recorded that when Emperor Qian Long was a prince, a monk of the most prophetic kind was guided into the palace. As the monk passed by, a white flower from the tree dropped onto the head of he prince Qian Long. The monk exclaimed, "The white is on the king. He is to be the emperor." (The Chinese character for Emperor, "huang" is made up of two parts. The top is white, the bottom is king.) Has not the power of element white given a sovereign sign to Emperor Qian Long?

Thirdly, jade has many colours - black, blue, green, yellow, red, brown, white. According to Chinese culture, yellow belongs to the royalty and red is auspicious. Emperor Qian Long favours none but white. Almost all the jade he owns were white. Be it the big piece of jade he called it the seed of mountains (山子) or the ornaments he carried along to founder with.

Emperor Qian Long loved the mutton fat white jade 羊脂白玉. We will be talking more about this special category of nephrite 软玉. For those of you who own the Heaven and Earth jadeite ring, some of the earth rings would be carved from nephrite. Like the black ring in this Double Dragon ring.

He did not say, of course that the white jade is lucky for him (historical events did the saying). He just said that the mutton fat white jade is of the most superior value. The term he used was "shang pin" (上品).

"Pin" does not mean the quality of the matter (which would be called zhi 质). It is also not the value in terms of market price (市价). For he alone was the market as he has already monopolised the whole market by not allowing any layman to own and trade jade.

"Pin" simply means taste. Most superior taste. To read it simply, it just means he finds it most favorable according to his own subjective view. 

So is there no objective reason for the liking? He cannot explain. With all wits and intelligence he possessed, I believe he just refused to explain. And it must be to do with bringing him luck.

-- Master Yun Long Zi, 20 November 2013

FAQ 1. Who is Emperor Qian Long? (re: Chapter 1.2)

Emperor Qian Long is an emperor of Qing Dynasty China. He is the son of Emperor Yong Zheng and Grandson of the famous Emperor Kang Xi.

He was not the most brilliant and courageous emperor in his dynasty (his grandfather Emperor Kang Xi was). However, he is definitely the luckiest.

He was the emperor who lived the longest and reigned the longest, enjoyed greatest amount of wealth and luxuries, tasted much good food and wine, experienced many fun trips, had many romantic relationships, dissolved the greatest conflicts between the Hans and the Manchurians, connected very well with many benefactors...all the attributes and effects of wearing jade. Oh yes! He has a fair and smooth complexion that put most ladies to shame.

Guess. Yes. He is the only emperor who loves and collects jade.

A Dragon carved of Mutton Fat White Jade 羊脂白玉. If the metal element is favorable for you,
you can be wearing the same category of jade as Qian Long worn before.

The Mutton Fat White Jade is his favorite. 

When he was passing away at his ripe old age, he call himself "the ten complete old man". It means he enjoyed to the fullest satisfaction and completion, the enjoyment of all kinds.

-- Master Yun Long Zi, 19 November 2013.

Chapter 1.2 The way Feng Shui is done in the past.

In the past, practitioners of Feng Shui serve only the most powerful and the most wealthy, for instance the emperors and the kings. The past Feng Shui masters gave the advice, and the responsibility lies on the client to execute the remedy. The price of the remedy often became extremely high due to the lack of scale. Ironically some of these clients became trend setter and the trend was set according to their own Feng Shui needs.

Emperor Qian Long.

One of the famous jade mountains favored by Qian Long then.

For instance, if the luck element of Emperor Qian Long was not white, the Mutton Fat white jade would not be so sought after and became expensive. If the lucky colour of Empress Dowager Ci Xi was not green, the Imperial Jade we know today would be any other colour but emerald green.

If Lotus on Water is doing what the past masters did, luck would be exclusive to the privilege few.

A Mutton Fat white jade pendant and the Heaven and Earth jadeite ring

While the rich getting richer and poor getting poorer has always been a phenomenon everywhere and anytime, those who endeavor and willing to pay the price must be given the chance to receive and achieve.

With what Lotus on Water chooses to be today, each of us, according to our faith and the price we are willing to give, may take and receive the power of Feng Shui our ancestor could only dream.

-- Master Yun Long Zi, 31 October 2013.

Chapter 1.1 Who and What is Lotus on Water?

 

Lotus on Water Street. The first gallery was started in 2006.

Yes. Lotus On Water is a glorious Feng Shui revolution. 

She is more concern with the prescription of Feng Shui than the diagnosis of it. In other words, she presents you the cure and not the inspection, the medicine and not the physician, the solutions on how to let Feng Shui bring your dream to reality than to tell you what you are destined.

In short, the reward and not the decree.

-- Master Yun Long Zi, 27 October 2013.