One Fate, Two Luck, Three Feng Shui

This is a Chinese folk maxim, first recorded in the Qing-dynasty novel 《儿女英雄传》, that ranks the factors traditionally said to shape a life: 命 the natal chart, 运 luck cycles, 风水 environment, 积德 good deeds, and 读书 learning. It has no identified doctrinal source and is best treated as a folk saying rather than a classical doctrine. Within the tradition it is notable as a statement that the birth chart is only one factor — and that several of the top-ranked factors are things a person acts on.