The source of fortune telling

Fortune-telling has a long history and many kinds. It was used by ancient emperors and also by the people. Most notably, an academic discipline that is itself a kind of prediction can easily develop into deception. Fortune-telling appears because people are full of curiosity and fear about the unpredictable world, longing for their own future and worrying about their future destiny. The fate of heaven has a great influence on people. They are afraid of disaster, and hope that they will be safe all their lives, rich and powerful. People want to live a long life and enjoy prosperity. There is nothing wrong with this idea! However, under the primitive belief and worship, under the concept of animism, the ancestors believed that everything had a causal relationship. Some strange natural phenomena and physiological phenomena are considered to be some function of the gods.

The appearance and popularity of primitive fortune telling is mainly the result of extremely low productivity and cognitive ability of human society! In the early days of mankind, animal husbandry and agricultural production mainly depended on nature. At that time, there was no weather forecast, no earthquake forecast, no fertilizer and feed shed. The ancestors regarded it as a great alien force with will (so they kept calling God to open their eyes). So there is an extreme worship. Created an idea, and God created a force to arrange everything for mankind. This kind of thought is the "destiny view" in ancient literature after entering the hierarchical society.

Confucius is an old gentleman who believes in destiny. To be reasonable, such a learned scholar should not believe in his own destiny because he has a deep understanding of human development. But the reason is that he traveled around the world in his early years, peddling his political opinions everywhere and wanting to have a big career. But he ran into a wall everywhere. I realized that the god of fate is so powerful. At this time, he was already a middle-aged man in his fifties. So he and his disciples preached that "life and death are life, wealth is in the sky, I don't know my life, I don't think a gentleman is also." Gentlemen live in a relaxed place (I remember this word, don't spray if you make a mistake), and villains take risks and get lucky. " But in some of his quotations, I remember a saying: ancient saints and gentlemen are knowledgeable, resourceful and decisive. Am I alone in Kong Qiu? Only people with virtue are talented. If you don't do it, everyone will do it, and if you don't meet anyone, do it. Life and death are also life. Virtue and unworthiness are divided according to talent, and you can grasp whether you do it or not. As for opportunities, life or death depends on heaven and luck.