Sima Zhen's Historical Records of Searching for the Gods said: "The name of divination is' day', so divination is called' day' when it is waiting, so it is also."

Sima Zhen's "Historical Records" reads: "The famous diviner said that' the day' was in Mexico, so when diviner was waiting, he called it' the day'." Translated into modern Chinese: Sima Zhen commented in Historical Records that people who prophesied were called "Japanese" from Mozi, which is why people who occupy time, time and Japan through divination are generally called "Japanese".

This is Sima Zhen's explanation of the origin of "Japan". He believes that Sima Qian wrote in Historical Records? In Biography of the Japanese, people engaged in divination are called "Japanese" because Sima Qian adopted Mozi's point of view.

When translating this sentence of Sima Zhen into modern Chinese, we should pay attention to the following key words. Name: verb, address. Divination: in ancient times, it was called tortoise shell divination and yarrow divination, which were collectively called divination. Here refers to people who are engaged in divination and divination. Mo: According to Mo Zi. Waiting time: it is a general term for waiting, occupation time and occupation of Japan.

Mozi called the fortune teller Japanese. See Mozi return to righteousness. "Mozi Beiqi, meet the Japanese. The Japanese said,' the emperor killed the black dragon in the north today, but Mr. Wang was too dark to go north.' Mozi didn't listen and went north to Zishui. Mozi failed to get what he wanted. The Japanese said,' I said Mr Wang Can should not go to the north. "

About Mozi's saying that fortune tellers were Japanese first, historical records? The praise of Japanese Biography also said, "Japanese names come naturally. Good or bad luck is waiting, written in Mozi. " These can also be used as a reference to understand Sima Yi's comments.