Is the fortune teller really a monk?

The youngest son begged Weng Xin for enlightenment, but he dared not tell the truth.

This secret can't be revealed.

Generally, monks can't tell fortune, even if they tell fortune, it's not called fortune telling, it's called cause and effect. Monks practice to a certain extent, have insight and magical powers, and can see the past and the future.

Fortune-telling is an act of using personal information, such as the lines on the face and hands, the eight characters of birth, the strokes of names and so on. , with the help of the five elements and gossip to predict or judge good or bad luck.

There are many kinds of fortune-telling methods, which are regarded as a subject by the good name; Called numerology, it also enters physiognomy. A learned fortune teller linked fortune-telling with the Book of Changes, one of the five classics. In fact, the Book of Changes itself is regarded by some people as the earliest book of divination, but these books often fail to pass scientific verification and belong to superstition and the like.

In China, divination can be done in the following ways:

Physiognomy refers to predicting good or bad luck and various affairs by observing people's demeanor, temperament, face and body parts.

Astrology, which is called "Seven Governments and Four Surplus" in China, can mainly show the fortune of the country and monarch, whether they are ruled or not. It was closely related to astronomy in the early days, and then gradually separated.

Divination refers to the use of tortoise shells, grass and other tools to predict certain things. Different times have different methods, and all generations have innovations. For example, it is said that Dong Fangshuo's spirit uses special chess pieces and special formulas to predict.

Fuxi means that Fuxi people write the information of gods on the sand table through a ceremony, which is called "reaching the gods".

To ask for a sign, after telling the gods about your problems in the temple, ask for words and poems (commonly known as sign poems) representing the will of God, so as to throw them away for confirmation.

The fortune teller used the Chinese characters in the questioner's newspaper to measure the quality of the problem.

The life of a star is predicted by comparing the geographical location of the date of birth with the natural location.

Occupy a dream, according to the situation in the dream, borrow natural or other personnel for analogy, and get some prediction results.

Occupy the air, use the colors displayed in the sky, etc. , mainly used to predict the war situation. In ancient military works, such a chapter is indispensable.

Rhythm, the use of voice expression, etc. Predict or explain human affairs.

Fu Rui's prediction of good or bad luck and national destiny based on unusual things is usually adopted by people, such as Chen Sheng in Guangwu Uprising. Nursery rhymes, in the Han Dynasty, were considered to predict good or bad luck, so there will be many such prediction examples in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Generally classified as divination in divination.

In China, you can use anything you can think of, such as astronomy, geography, Kyushu gossip, birth and death, rise and fall.

According to different fortune-telling methods and inheritance schools, the results vary greatly, and the fortune-telling methods and processes themselves cannot be copied to some extent (such as divination). Therefore, the number of people who oppose and doubt the fortune-telling results is not lower than the number who are sure. Fortune-telling can be said to be a psychological comfort activity for individuals, but it is completely different from the level of psychotherapists. The former comes from superstition, while the latter comes from medical behavior.

Fortune-telling is a folk belief, which contains superstitious elements more or less. In fact, fraudulent activities under the guise of folk beliefs are not uncommon in society. In the early years of the Republic of China, China further developed the fraud group represented by Jiang Xiang School. Borrow people's superstitious numerology and geomantic omen, and cheat with words and sticks.

Fortune tellers often pretend that they have revealed the secret, so they can't or can't be sure of themselves. When they are not sure about others, they often question others. Once they find the gap, they will make excuses.

The history of fortune-telling began with Guiguzi in the Warring States Period. Another legend is that it originated from Li in the Tang Dynasty, but was later renamed Guiguzi. People who want to tell fortune often turn to some people who have studied numerology or are respected. In ancient China, such people were called "fortune tellers". Tarot cards and astrology are also a fortune-telling method in western society. With the development of the Internet, you can also get fortune-telling results by inputting your own data online.