1. Rigorous research into fate and destiny: The novel faithfully reconstructs the theories found in classic texts such as "Yuan Hai Zi Ping", "San Ming Tong Hui", and "Complete Book of Zi Wei Dou Shu". The blind school’s mnemonic verses and fortune-telling techniques all come from folk traditions.
2. Over 100 real-life stories: Covering survival in chaotic times, the joys and sorrows of ordinary life, business rivalries, and the good and evil of human nature, every story is adapted from folk accounts, historical records, or modern real cases. No fabricated fantasy.
3. An anti-superstition core: The novel consistently upholds the idea that “fatalism is misguided; our choices are what matter.” Fortune-telling is a tool, a form of psychology, and a store of life experience, not a supernatural power.
4. The mark of the times: From the overpasses of late Qing dynasty Beijing to the modern internet, and from warlord conflicts to the business age, a fortune-teller's perspective traces the shifting fortunes of ordinary Chinese people over 130 years.
