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Divination is a mysterious activity to explore things with supernatural methods.

Primitive people lacked sufficient knowledge of the development of things, so they used natural signs to show their actions. However, natural signs are not common and must be tested manually, so the method of divination came into being. Divination is to inquire what you want to know from the movement and change of external things to non-human spiritual bodies. It is different from prophecy, because there are usually ambiguous answers, so that the occupier can find a reasonable explanation.

If you want to do something with fortune telling, fortune telling has ritual or social characteristics, usually related to religion; Relatively speaking, fortune telling is mostly a daily activity for personal service. Divination is often questioned, but it is only a superstition. But advocates will say that there are many anecdotes to prove the effectiveness of divination. Divination is a universal cultural phenomenon. Anthropologists have found that divination can be found in religions and cultures from ancient times to the present. However, the Christian Bible says that divination is forbidden by God, and Buddhism has a similar expression, but the wording is not as strict as the former; But in fact, divination and similar activities in the name of religion are common in society.

The Origin and Development of Zhanzi

In ancient Chinese, "Zhan" of "divination" refers to Zhan Ji, and "divination" refers to ghost divination. Zhan Ji and Guibu are ancient divination methods in China, of which Guibu has a longer history, but the original method has been lost. Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Yin Ruins is the direct archaeological evidence of Guibu's existence. Zhan's method has been preserved since it was recorded in Cohesion.