Backing mountain (靠山) in the classical texts
What the classics say
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解曰：堂房东头靠山横盖房名曰单侧耳，主有横灾是非，须拆、镇之，吉。停驿来龙高冈脉紧穴情似有似无登望龙方明端的峦头须金水帐脱下平中小结入首有铺茵停车驻马之驿也十字之中深开金井高砌坟城依法裁剪自有妙理鬭斧真龙枕险又无纒防左右前后却有鬼曜翻身横作连山取水以接生气情如鬭斧拱揖卦变三两者变换虽多不出三吉六秀之外不必歴备四龙即三龙两龙亦称竒矣一卦独行为巧一正来龙逺母栖迟栖迟侧闪为傍落亦须造化无参差如亥龙行度虽逺入首之际仍是亥脉兑龙行度虽逺作穴之处仍乗兑气此之谓一卦独行正来龙逺无栖迟也一有栖迟侧闪即有转换而非巧一矣傍落入首而非正落矣然寻龙者人不可专贵正落而\[八月甲巳日修吉，东方不用甲子已巳日\]寅为天刑、龙背、玄武，庶养子妇长女命座，犯之伤胎第狱、被盗亡败等灾。寅为天刑，龙背，玄武，庶养子妇、长女命座，、犯之，伤胎、系狱、被盗、亡败等灾。Sources: 殆知阁 (Daizhige) corpus, Chinese Wikisource and transcribed editions; see the manifest for each book's provenance. Classical readings are cultural references, not predictions. Methods and review