Han Ke-Tsung
Department of Landscape Architecture, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung, 411030, Taiwan.
Heliyon. 2023 Apr 8;9(4):e15296. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15296. eCollection 2023 Apr.
Studies of the reliability and validity of Feng Shui using empirical and quantitative methods remain lacking. The purpose of this study is, therefore, to quantitatively examine the consistency of the judgments of Feng Shui scholars and practitioners regarding 108 Feng Shui taboos for residential space. This study also investigates whether these judgments are inconsistent or different with respect to gender, occupation, education, and Feng Shui school. Furthermore, this study examines the effect of time intervals, Feng Shui experience, and the presence or absence of taboo illustrations in the judgments. To perform the study, two questionnaire surveys were conducted at six-month intervals to collect the judgments of Feng Shui scholars and practitioners. A total of 11 Feng Shui scholars and 67 practitioners participated in the first survey, while 10 Feng Shui scholars and 32 practitioners participated in the second survey. The results showed that: (1) Feng Shui scholars and practitioners had very good internal consistency reliability of their judgments regarding residential taboos. There were no significant differences in judgments, regardless of gender, occupation, education, and Feng Shui school; (2) The influence of Feng Shui experience on the judgments of Feng Shui scholars and practitioners as a whole was relatively weak; (3) Although the test-retest reliability of Feng Shui scholars and practitioners was not satisfactory, there were no significant differences between their first and second judgments; and (4) The influence of the illustrations of residential taboos on the judgments of Feng Shui scholars and practitioners as a whole was relatively weak. Although the illustrations had a greater influence on the judgments of Feng Shui practitioners than of scholars, these illustrations did not change their judgments.
运用实证和定量方法对风水的可靠性和有效性进行的研究仍然匮乏。因此，本研究的目的是定量考察风水学者和从业者对于108条住宅空间风水禁忌判断的一致性。本研究还调查了这些判断在性别、职业、教育程度和风水流派方面是否存在不一致或差异。此外，本研究考察了时间间隔、风水经验以及判断中是否存在禁忌图示的影响。为开展本研究，每隔六个月进行了两次问卷调查，以收集风水学者和从业者的判断。共有11位风水学者和67位从业者参与了第一次调查，而10位风水学者和32位从业者参与了第二次调查。结果显示：（1）风水学者和从业者对于住宅禁忌的判断具有非常好的内部一致性可靠性。无论性别、职业、教育程度和风水流派，判断均无显著差异；（2）风水经验对风水学者和从业者整体判断的影响相对较弱；（3）尽管风水学者和从业者的重测信度不尽人意，但他们的第一次和第二次判断之间没有显著差异；（4）住宅禁忌图示对风水学者和从业者整体判断的影响相对较弱。尽管图示对风水从业者判断的影响比对学者的影响更大，但这些图示并没有改变他们的判断。
