This is no superstition, but the profound wisdom of Daoism. From yin and yang to the five elements, from the twelve double-hours to the nine palaces and eight trigrams, from feng shui for graves to the layout of homes, from reading fate to diagnosing illness, from daily life to the sixty-four hexagrams, everything is intricately connected. The great physician heals the world, the physician of the middle way heals the Dao, and the lesser physician heals people. The Book of Changes and the eight trigrams foretell good and ill fortune; the five Daoist arts determine life and death. I am but a wandering doctor, yet I have mastered all five Daoist arts. Medicine can save lives from the brink of death; mountain cultivation nurtures health, and talismans and incantations work wonders. Fate reading, Zi Wei astrology, and the Qimen art reveal the workings of the universe and yin and yang; divination with the six lines and the Plum Blossom method answers every question! Neither wholly righteous nor wholly wicked, I can read life and death and talk of future fortune and misfortune with a smile!
