In ancient times, it was called divination other than divination. "Book of Han·Yi Wen Zhi": "The miscellaneous fortune teller records the signs of all things and waits for signs of good and evil. "Yi" says: 'Divination will tell you what is coming.' Many fortune tellers are not the same, and dreams are big, so there are officials in the Zhou Dynasty." "Zizhi Tongjian·Tang Gaozu Wude Ninth Year": "Folks are not allowed to build demon temples rashly, since it is not the true art of divination, and other miscellaneous fortune-telling is strictly prohibited."
"Book of the Later Han Dynasty·Fang Shu Biography" says: "The nerves, strange ultimatums, jade policies, and golden ropes are all in the Ming Ling Mansion and the seals are on the Yao altar, which can be easily seen. Even the writings of Heluo, the drawings of turtles and dragons, and the techniques of Jizi , Shi Kuang's book, Weihou's ministry, and Qiajue's talisman are all used to explore and inspect the people's areas, and there are some that can be heard from time to time. Their currents also include Fengjiao, Dunjia, Qizheng, Yuanqi, Liuri Qifen, Fengzhan, Sun, and Ting. The techniques of Zhuan, Xuyu, and Guxu, as well as looking at clouds to save energy and pushing away auspicious monsters, are also effective in things. "In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Fengjiao, Xingsuan, Wangqi, Sanyuan, Liuren, Sanqi, Bagua, Jiugong, Guice, Taiyi, etc. Feifu divination is also very popular in the world. The folk customs in ethnic minority areas still retain some divination methods such as bird divination, chicken divination, chess divination, bamboo divination, turtle divination, animal viscera divination, Taisu pulse, mirror divination, jun divination, and drawing lots.
Reader comments
It reminds me of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", which also has many mysterious stories and fantasy characters. However, this "Miscellaneous Divination" is more focused on divination, which I find very interesting. It can help us understand how ancient people predicted good and bad luck by observing celestial phenomena, just like a mysterious code book. Have you ever read a similar book?
Not bad, but does this horoscope only look at war? It's different from what I imagined [laughing and crying]
It reminds me of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", which also has many mysterious stories and fantasy characters. However, this "Miscellaneous Divination" is more focused on divination, which I find very interesting. It can help us understand how ancient people predicted good and bad luck by observing celestial phenomena, just like a mysterious code book. Have you ever read a similar book?
Not bad, but does this horoscope only look at war? It's different from what I imagined [laughing and crying]