Song dynasty fortune telling

He once told the fortune of three emperors: one failed miserably, the other two succeeded, and was named the ancestor of Taoism.

Fortune-telling is an ancient business in China's 5,000-year history. According to the ancient records of this drama, fortune-telling began in this period, even earlier. Especially in ancient times, when human beings had any major events, they would divine, and then look at the instructions from heaven from divination. There was such a fortune teller in the Five Dynasties and the Early Song Dynasty, who was also a famous Taoist named Chen Tuan, and the number soared.

It is rumored that Chen Tuan was discovered by a fisherman while fishing. One day, the fisherman found a big purple meat ball when he closed his net. He didn't think too much, so he took it home and prepared to cook it. As a result, he was cooking in the pot when the meatballs exploded. Out of it comes a baby, and this baby is Chen Tuan. It is said that he can foresee the future, and his followers all respect him as? Chen Tuan bodhi old zu? . He was summoned by many emperors in his life, but the three people who had the deepest relationship with him were Zhou Shizong Chai Rong, and the other two were Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Guangyi brothers in the Song Dynasty.

Zhou Shizong Chai Rong stills

Zhou Shizong Chai Rong, a real terminator of the Five Dynasties, became the emperor of the later Zhou Dynasty in 954. After he acceded to the throne, he heard Chen Tuan's name and specially asked Chen Tuan to tell his fortune and Chen Tuan to calculate how many years he could live. Chen Tuan told Chai Rong that your majesty can still be emperor for 30 years, which means that Chai Rong can still live for 30 years. At this time, Chai Rong set himself a goal in life, ten years to create the world, ten years to support the people and ten years of peace. But unfortunately, in less than six years and ten years, Chai Rong was seriously ill and died. This is a far cry from Chen Tuan's 30 years! This calculation is a complete failure. No wonder when Chai Rong decided to make Chen Tuan an official, Chen Tuan resolutely quit.

However, Chen Tuan's calculations of later Song Gaozu Zhao Kuangyin and Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi were indeed very accurate. According to records, when the mother of these two brothers fled, she carried them with a bamboo basket, which happened to be seen by Chen Tuan, who was traveling around. So Chen Tuan said: There is no god today, and the two emperors are responsible. ? This is indeed a fable that both of them can become emperors. When Zhao Kuangyin began to reign, he also asked Chen Tun to be an official, which was also flatly rejected. Later, when Zhao Guangyi succeeded to the throne, he told Chen Tun that his son would inherit reunification. Chen Tuan said that Zhao Guangyi's third son, Zhao Yuankan, can inherit the great cause of reunification in the future. At first, Zhao Guangyi didn't really believe it, because Zhao Yuankan was his third son and there were two other sons in front of him. As a result, the eldest prince went crazy and the second prince committed suicide. Finally, I can only pass the official position to my third son, Zhao Yuankan.

Chen Tuan died in 989, lived for 1 18 years, and experienced seventeen monarchs. Because of her achievements in Taoism, health preservation and physiognomy, people later lived in her place? Chen Tuan bodhi old zu? . However, many people should believe in fortune telling. Is Chen Tuan's failure just a mistake or is his success just a fluke? what do you think?