Although man is placed in a passive position in this system, he is not completely subservient to the will of the cosmos but can use his own powers to adjust the relations between nature and society and among societies themselves and seek harmony in the cosmos, and feng-shui is one of the ways of adjusting those relations.
在維持此一和諧的系統中，人雖然處於被動的地位，但是並非完全服從於宇宙的意旨，人可以藉本身的力量，調節社會與自然，以及社會與社會間的關係，以求得宇宙的和諧，而風水即是這種調適的方式之一。