What does prophecy mean?

Predictably, if it comes true afterwards, the pinyin is chèn? yǔ。 This word comes from feudal society and is superstitious.

Prophecy is a kind of argot or prophecy made by wizards or alchemists. As a sign of good or bad luck, it is also called divination, omen and fate. This is a superstitious saying, which will come true in the future. Because it is usually accompanied by pictures, it is also called pictures.

Interpretation of Prophecy in Ci Hai Prophecy: Signs.

Historical Oracle Bone Inscriptions is mainly preserved in three ancient documents: (1) historical books; (2) Philosophy and religious classics; (3) novels. The research on divination mainly focuses on the first two kinds, and the research on divination in novels is much less.

In the political struggle, prophecy always takes religious theology as political propaganda psychology, creating public opinion for those who seek power or rulers who ascend to the throne of power, so as to subdue those who have traditional destiny and prove the rationality of their power. The art of divination flourished at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, and Wang Mang and Liu Xiu took divination and destiny as the legal basis for "reform" and "revival" respectively. Driven by these events, divination became the dominant idea in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Taoism has also created and used a large number of predictions, such as Taiping Dao's prediction that "the sky will die, the yellow sky will stand, the age will be in Jiazi, and the world will prosper", such as the prediction that "the old gentleman will rule and Li Hong will come out" in Wei, Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties.