What does “Jushi” mean?

A title that has to be earned

Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionary records two meanings for 居士: a person of learning living apart from office, and a lay Buddhist. The two traditions arrive at the same place. The title has to be carried by something real.

In Buddhist practice, a person becomes a 居士 by formally taking refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha, usually in a ceremony led by a monastic. Many go on to receive the lay precepts and keep them for life. In the scholar’s tradition, the title was worn by figures such as Su Shi, who called himself 東坡居士, the Layman of the Eastern Slope.

Reference: Taiwan Ministry of Education · Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary: 居士

Sage Song is Song Jushi

宋 is the surname Song; 居士 is the title. No single English word carries the weight of 居士, and Sage is the closest. So Sage Song is Song Jushi: the same teacher and the same method, presented in English.

Song Jushi has taken refuge and received the precepts, and he has practised for more than 47 years. Over that time, many of Taiwan’s well-known celebrities and entrepreneurs have consulted him. Client confidentiality is a rule of his practice, so their names are not disclosed here or anywhere else.

When a Journal note carries the Sage Song byline, it is a house editorial note.

An author whose work you can look up

Song Jushi is a well-known Taiwanese author on Ba Zi, feng shui and divination. His published books include 陽宅堪輿實務, 陽宅堪輿掌故 and 易經的世界. These titles are listed by Books.com.tw; the author catalog is linked below so you can see the works for yourself.

Putting a method into print, where anyone can test it, is a different thing from a reputation passed by word of mouth. 陽宅堪輿實務 sets out practical work on residential feng shui, 陽宅堪輿掌故 collects its cases and accounts, and 易經的世界 returns to the classic at the root of Chinese divination.

Reference: Song Jushi’s published books · Books.com.tw

Why people choose Song Jushi

Most readings stop at one chart. Song Jushi’s Four Arts Method calculates Ba Zi, Zi Wei Dou Shu, Western astrology and Vedic astrology independently, then reads them against each other. Where they agree, the answer carries more weight. Where they disagree, the contradiction is explained rather than hidden.

For a home or a business, he works in the Flying Star school (玄空飛星), reading the building, the period and the charts of the people in it together. What you receive is specific and in writing. It gives you a clear basis for the decision; the decision stays yours, and a reading does not replace medical, legal or financial advice.