Book of Burial

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{{short description|4th- or 5th-century Taoist text by Guo Pu}}

The Book of Burial (Chinese: t {{lang|zh|{{linktext|葬|書}}}}, s {{lang|zh|{{linktext|葬|书}}}}, p Zàngshū) was a 4th or 5th-century AD work by the Eastern Jin period Taoist mystic Guo Pu.

The work was a commentary on the now-lost Classic of Burial (t {{lang|zh|葬{{linktext|經}}}}, s {{lang|zh|葬{{linktext|经}}}});Feng Shui Today, "[http://www.fengshuitoday.org/regular/classical-corner Classical Corner: 'Will it be eight pieces of pie, or nine squares of river turtle?'] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024234832/http://www.fengshuitoday.org/regular/classical-corner |date=October 24, 2012 }}". 8 Sept 2012. Accessed 5 Nov 2012. as it survived and transmitted the classic's teachings, the Book of Burial's principles relating the flow of qi to the appropriateness of a tomb's location were influential on the development of fengshui.