Fortune telling in Ming and Qing Dynasties _ Fortune telling in Ming Dynasty

The culture of divination and blessing has been very popular in China since ancient times. From the pre-Qin dynasty to the Ming and Qing dynasties, the imperial court had special official positions, whose main duties were to observe astronomy and geography, calculate the solar terms in the calendar, and offer sacrifices and prayers. From the Taichang Institute in Qin, Han, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the secretary province in Sui Dynasty and the Taishi Bureau in Tang Dynasty, to the four-roof and four-day prison after the Five Dynasties and the Song Dynasty, the Ming and Qing Dynasties used the same name, and it was divided into four-day prison and Qin Tianjian prison, which were subordinate to Qin Tianjian.

It can be seen that Qin's position is very important. Due to the attention of ancient emperors, the influence of divination culture slowly spread to the people in China, and had a far-reaching impact on neighboring countries, which was called China Metaphysics. Metaphysics is gradually known to everyone in China, among which divination culture is the most easily accepted by the world, and it has gradually spawned many professions. Someone started a fortune teller to help people predict good or bad luck, which is also called fortune teller in modern times.

First, divination culture.

China's metaphysics, that is, China's divination, Tai Chi and Eight Diagrams in China's traditional culture, as well as heavenly stems and earthly branches, five lines of gossip and Xiang Sheng's xiangke, were not originally produced for divination, but are somewhat similar to the present philosophy. Later, it evolved into a tool to predict and judge the future luck. Until modern times, experts have been studying these ancient cultures and inferring a lot of scientific knowledge, including university questions. Divination is based on Yijing and Shushu, the latter is based on Taiji Bagua, and Shushu is based on heavenly stems and earthly branches. Divination originated from the Book of Changes and Shu Shu, and made use of the operating basis of these two schools, thus producing things such as six hexagrams, Taoism and Feng Shui correction.

Second, fortune tellers.

In ancient China, fortune tellers were called warlocks. Usually it is to give people divination and help others to seek good fortune and avoid evil. There are many famous magicians in China, such as Zhang Tianshi, Jiang Ziya, Zhuge Liang and Guiguzi. They are all real historical figures, all resourceful and able to predict good or bad luck, but it is somewhat exaggerated to be described in the novel as being able to call the shots and borrow the east wind. According to historical records, most ancient writers and educators were proficient in divination, but if they want to be proficient in divination, they need to study the Book of Changes and the number of techniques in depth, and have rich experience and life experience. Only in this way can we be known among many fortune tellers, become the master of that era and become "everyone".

Because fortune tellers have a special position in China since ancient times, and influenced by divination culture, the divination industry has a mass base among the people, so there are many people engaged in divination industry, which leads to a situation of "mixed good and bad". Some people are opportunistic. They don't study the Book of Changes and Shu Shu, but they specialize in deceiving people. They are eloquent and use words to "talk" about the deceived. That's why fortune tellers don't know you, but they know how many people there are in your family. The principle is simple and unbelievable. They just look for clues in the words leaked by the fortune teller, speculate on the psychology of the fortune teller, and simply judge the basic situation of the fortune teller with the leaked information. They are not trying to solve doubts, but to cheat money and satisfy their own interests. It is these people who make divination misunderstood by some people.

Third, the principle of divination

Fortune tellers also have many taboos, and every fortune teller has his own principles. According to ancient literature, the rules of fortune-telling are: not to occupy with insincerity, not to occupy with injustice, not to occupy with reasonable suspicion, not to occupy with illegal things. In ancient times, there was a habit of fasting and bathing before divination to show sincerity. Pay attention to honesty and sincerity, but when you need divination, you need to do your best first. When you are incompetent, you should go to divination to get the answer. And those who violate the laws of the world can't divine, and they can't escape the established punishment.

Is divination accurate? Some experts once said that the accuracy of divination is "infinitely close". Because everything is not 100% perfect. So do fortune tellers. Only through persistent study and enhanced experience can their divination accuracy be close to perfection. China's divination still has great credibility. From the divination events that have occurred since ancient times, we can see that the conclusions drawn by divination are basically correct.

In life, we don't want fortune tellers' words to affect our thoughts and behaviors, and we don't encourage people to blindly believe in fortune telling. But if you have done it, if the result is good, take it as an encouragement to life and continue to work hard. If the result is not good, don't care, because he may just guess your concerns according to your state, and thus come to such a result. Strengthen your heart, grasp life well, and slowly regain your confidence, and you will find that life will only get better and better.