Fortune-telling in ancient Beijing

Since ancient times, people like fortune telling, and people are always curious about the future. Whether ancient or modern, although technology is very developed now, many people are superstitious about fortune telling. Most fortune tellers nowadays are suspected of "cheating". However, there are many fortune tellers in history.

Yuan Tiangang is definitely someone who can make the list. As a strategist in the Tang Dynasty, Yuan Tiangang was very accurate in the lives of Li Shimin, Wu Zetian and others. In the long history of thousands of years, talented people come forth in large numbers. Yuan Tiangang is definitely one of them.

However, most fortune tellers in ancient times were men, so were there any female fortune tellers in history? China, with a 5,000-year-old Chinese civilization, must have a goddess. This lady lived in the late Qin Dynasty and early Han Dynasty, and was born in the twenty-sixth year of the first emperor. Her fortune-telling skills are comparable to Yuan Tiangang's.

The name of the goddess is Xu Fu. According to legend, when Xu Fu was born, he held a piece of jade in his hand. There are two yin and yang fish on this jade, which keep turning, just like a gossip. But this is just a legend. I think it was invented by later generations to make Xu negative more legendary.

Qin Shihuang was very surprised when he learned about it. Qin Shihuang thought that Xu Fu had come to help him. Qin Shihuang knew the existence of this man, and he knew that this man had unusual abilities, so he gave her 120 gold. Chui fook can't talk, he can see his bad luck through a person's face.

This is not a fabrication. These things are recorded in historical records, and Xu Fu is also the only goddess selected in the history books. Because Xu Fu can't speak, she can only express her feelings by laughing and crying. If Xu smiles negatively, this person will be very lucky in the future. If you cry, it's the opposite.

Later, Xu negative became famous and got a true biography, which made Xu negative even worse. After Huang Shigong's guidance, Xu Fu became worse. Many people come here. Although Xu Fu helps many people to tell their fortune, the most powerful prediction in her life is only three times.

The first powerful prediction was that at the end of Qin Dynasty, Xu Fu predicted that Liu Bang was the future son of heaven. In the Chu-Han War, Liu Bang successfully defeated Xiang Yu, won the world and established the Han Dynasty. Secondly, Xu Fu's second terrible prediction is that she predicted that Wei Bao's wife would meet face-to-face, and Xu Fu told his children that they would be the son of heaven in the future.

But this son of heaven is not Wei Bao's son, but Liu Bang's son. Wei Bao was finally defeated by Liu Bang, and then Ji Bo became Liu Bang's wife and gave birth to a son named Liu Heng. This man was the later Emperor China.

The last terrible prophecy is about Zhou Yafu. She said Zhou Yafu would starve to death in the future. At that time, Zhou Yafu scoffed and fired the Prime Minister. How could he starve to death? Later, Zhou Yafu really starved to death because his son was implicated.

In the ninth year of Emperor Wendi, Xu Fu excused himself from his hometown and left Beijing immediately after being granted permission. Perhaps she understood the truth of interacting with a gentleman like a tiger, so she chose to retire after her success. This wisdom is comparable and the ending is perfect. She lived to be 84 years old.