Jiang Duyun only learned about Chang'an City when he came to the Star Palace.

She is different from Xie Baoshu, Xie Baoshu is in Taoyuan Village, and she also met two nobles. But Jiang Duyun didn't meet her, she has always been so bitter. On the mountain, in fact, many people will be very curious, why can Jiang Duyun go through such a tragic thing and still maintain a not bad heart?

If you change someone else, you will have been blackened a long time ago.

Jiang Duyun has never explained these things. On this day, Jiang Duyun wanted to take her mother to Chang'an City to have a look, and she came to the Patriarch Hall again, intending to tell the Patriarch. Familiar with the road to the back mountain, Jiang Duyun walked in.

The patriarch was still full of starlight, and she conjured up a figure, she already knew Jiang Duyun's intention, and said: "Go if you want, but be careful on the road, the Daomen has been rampant recently, and the monks who see the Daomen still have to let go." ”

Jiang Duyun nodded, she knew that her ancestor, knew very well about fortune-telling and divination.

Divination is derived from ancient magic, which has appeared since ancient times. References to the art can be found in myths, legends, and later texts. Zhu Youshu was a very popular method at that time, and it was clearly recorded in the "Yellow Emperor's Neijing", so I will not repeat it.

Fangshu originated from the fertility cult of primitive societies, and one of the early Fangshu was the form of primitive gods. It is characterized by the idea of referring to gods, because people believe that all things have gods, and that the primordial gods deify objects and ask for and worship them, trying to control or influence the objects with the help of gods.

There is a spirit fish called Danyu, if its blood is smeared on the feet, people can walk on the water, which is also called the primordial spirit magic, and divination is one of them. Later, the rapid development of the astronomical calendar led Dao Zhan to embark on the path of simple materialism, which was combined with the ancient science of the East.

"Zhan" means to observe, and "Bu" is the ancient people who burned the turtle shell with fire, and according to the shape of the cracks that appeared, in order to predict the upcoming good fortune and bad luck. Divination is popular in the cultures of all eras in the human world, and there are many methods, such as asking for signs, astrological horoscopes, and card divination.

People use yarrow to divinate hexagrams, the method is very complicated, such as the "Department of Words" cloud: "The number of Dayan is fifty, and its use is forty and nine, divided into two, like two, hanging one to like three, and when it is four, and when it is like four, it is strange to be strange, and it is like a leap, and then it is leap at the age of five." "This kind of divination is both difficult to operate and difficult to understand.

For people in the world, divination is of great significance because it can solve problems that cannot be solved by normal human judgment. Whether it is the country's major affairs and politics, the army's expedition, or the people's ancestors' sacrifices, weddings and funerals, etc., divination must be carried out in advance. It is believed that if you receive a good omen, it is a blessing from the gods or ancestors, and if you receive a bad omen, you need to reflect on your own mistakes.

Confucianism believes that the conclusions obtained in divination are not the final result, but to a certain extent have a warning effect. In addition to reflecting the natural way of heaven, the words of divination also have a guiding role in ethics and morality, which can help people distinguish between right and wrong, and guide people to abandon evil and promote good.

Cover the map of the river from the heavens, and the Suiren get it, so as to determine the four directions of the heavens; Xi Shengzhi is to draw the innate gossip, headed by Qian, and according to the acquired gossip, with the emperor out of the earthquake, the 64 hexagrams of the innate are lined up; Shennong followed the gossip of the mountains, headed by Gen.

The Yellow Emperor continued to return to the Tibetan gossip, headed by Kun; he was granted and received by Yao and Shun; King Wen performed the order of the 64 hexagrams the day after tomorrow and derived the hexagrams; and the Duke of Zhou interpreted the hexagrams. Confucius praised the book as a ten-winged biography, and collected its culmination. To Qin Shi Huang burned books and pit Confucianism, burned a lot of books, only the Book of Changes belongs to the book of divination, and it was spared.

Every time Jiang Duyun saw that the patriarch could predict the prophet, she was very envious.

Although he inherited the mantle of the ancestor, at this moment, Jiang Duyun did not understand the matter of divination and fortune telling. At this time, she asked, "Ancestor, when will I be able to predict the future like you?"

The patriarch said slowly: "It's not a good thing to know what the future holds. ”

Jiang Duyun asked, "What do you mean by that?"

The patriarch replied, "If you knew Xie Baoshu's future fate, would you still be happy every day?"

Jiang Duyun was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with Brother Baoshu?"

She looked anxious.

The patriarch said, "I haven't seen it, and I don't know, but what if it's not good? You know his tragic fate, and you can't change it, it's really the most painful thing in the world." ”

Jiang Duyun was silent, it was.

The patriarch said, "If you want to know, I can tell you about it first." ”

When divining, you should meditate and concentrate on the things you want to tell, so that you can become one with the spirit of the person who divides the divination. The diviner uses the divination instrument, that is, to form a hexagram, in order to break the evil and auspicious, and should have a sincere heart to seek the hexagram.

Don't occupy anything, don't take up if you don't move, and don't ask repeatedly for the same thing. If the person seeking divination has no sincerity or no need, he will not be able to do divination at will. If you ask about things, you can't repeat them two or three times, so that it won't work.

Divination of one's own affairs, deception of others or other people's affairs, leads to uncertainty in the use of God, and divination will not be fulfilled. If there is another intention in divination, spiritual unity cannot be achieved, and divination cannot be fulfilled. Those who do not sincerely seek to occupy or play with frolic do not occupy it, and deliberately test whether it is easy to occupy it or not.

Disloyalty and unfilial piety, robbers stealing and unrighteous things are not to be occupied. Adultery, adultery, drunkenness, and other unreasonable and unreasonable things are not tolerated by heaven, and divination will not be fulfilled.

Simplicity is the meaning of simplicity and complexity. Things in the world are changing, and the root of it is still yin and yang. Therefore, "Zhuangzi Tianxia Chapter" says: "It is easy to use yin and yang." ”

Yin and Yang come from the simple one, and the other refers to the unity of opposites. One is also the Yuan Qi, the Yuan Qi is the substance, the one of this Yuan Qi, which is split into two due to rotational motion, these two are the Qianyuan and the Kun Yuan, the Qianyuan is the Yang, the Kun Yuan is the Yin, and the Qiankun is one. This Qianyuan (Yang) and Kunyuan (Yin) are derived from one yuan. In the "Shuo Wen", the following explanation is given: "Only the beginning of Taiji, the Tao stands in one, divides heaven and earth, and incarnates all things.

Change is the meaning of exhaustive study of the change of things, and the Book of Changes explains all phenomena in the universe with the change of yin and yang. Thus the Book of Changes has:

The connotation of movement, change, and life. The Book of Changes sees the universe as a material that is forever moving, changing, developing and progressing. Therefore, the Book of Changes is a book that talks about movement, change, and life.

Although the universe and nature are changeable, there are laws of heaven and earth and basic laws to follow, and this law is eternal and unchanging, so it is not easy.

The patriarch glanced at Jiang Duyun and said, "There are many kinds of divination techniques in Kyushu, and what I told you here is a total of three, you listen carefully." I'll teach you later, and you have to choose the one you like the most. ”

The divination of the Yin people is generally made of turtle bottom plates. There may be two reasons why the turtle bottom plate was chosen as the material: the turtle shell has a natural, peculiar and symmetrical pattern, which makes people sigh at the magic of creation. In addition, as a symbol of longevity, the turtle embodies the ancestors' desire for longevity, which in turn produces a worship mentality.

Therefore, people may believe that long-lived turtles have spirituality that communicates heaven and earth.

The specific method of divination of the Yin people is: use a tortoise shell to engrave the things to be asked first. If there is a drought, I don't know if it will rain, and the question is often "Emperor Qi Ling rain?". Then drill a hole in the tortoise shell and roast it over the fire.

As a result, a variety of cracks of varying thicknesses will emerge centered on small holes. This process, later generations called "occupy (drill) turtle to take the image", the tortoise shell will make a "divination" sound when it is roasted, which is probably the origin of the word divination. And the cracks on the tortoise shell, that is, "elephant", more accurately called, should be "zhao". Zhao is a pictograph, which is a pictogram of cracks in the tortoiseshell. The soothsayer carefully observes the shape of the omen in order to make analyses and judgments, whether it will rain or not, and so on.

Jade Zhao, Yuan Zhao, and Wa Zhao respectively refer to the cracks of the tortoise shell like the texture of jade, like the cracks of the early dry fields, and like the cracks caused by high temperature when firing pottery. Among them, the jade omen is the first, the original omen is second, and the tile trillions are secondary, which are the three major types of trillions. Specifically, each basic type can be roughly divided into 120 shapes, adding up to 360 types. There are 1,200 analyses and judgments for each of the Jade Zhao, Yuan Zhao, and Wa Zhao, so that the total amount is as much as 3,600 pieces of information.

Therefore, although the Yin people worked so hard to summarize and classify the omen, the difficulties and irregularities in the process can be imagined, and the turtle divination finally failed to form a systematic literature to be handed down, which is actually related to the method of divination, which is not convenient for induction, classification, summarization, and promotion.

Although the turtle divination as a method of divination has been abandoned by history, the oracle bones of Yin Ruins have left a lot of valuable information for future generations, so that the current monks can understand the distant glory, and the "omen" that the Yin people are preoccupied with in divination has always accompanied people, thinking about the "omen", "omen", "good omen", "Ruixue trillion year" and so on.

The above is the turtle Bu of the Yin people, and the teaching of the Chu people in the south is completely different, it is simple and romantic, and it is very interesting.

The Chu people used both white-green grass

grass, also used small pieces of bamboo. But the most used should be "teach", "teach", made of paulownia wood, two halves, shaped like a small clam cut open, or like a cut mussel. The customs of Chu are recorded in "Jing Chu Years Chronicles": "The Autumn Society, intended to teach to the gods, in order to occupy the next year of abundance and frugality." It is about the Chu people using "teaching" to carry out divination. This divination tool is called "teaching" because it allows one to receive orders and instructions from the heavens.

This kind of "teaching" made of paulownia wood, shaped like two halves of small clams or small mussels, can also be made of other materials, made of jade is called Wang Jiao, made of bamboo, called callus, made of ordinary wood chips, and even, directly with two small mussel shells cut open.

As for the specific divination method, it is very simple: hold the two religions in your hand, think or say what you are asking, and then throw the two religions upwards and watch them pitch down when they land. There will only be three outcomes: two pitches, two pitches, and one pitch and one pitch. Judgment: One pitch and one pitch are auspicious, and two pitches and two pitches are not good. The principle of judgment is probably that two pitches or two pitches are "same", one pitch and one pitch are "harmony", and the real creatures are not the same.

It is precisely because of the simplicity and ease of this divination method of the southern Chu people that it spreads more and more widely, and it can still be seen in large numbers in the countryside of the south today. In addition, all the pairs of things around you that can distinguish the positive and negative can also be used for divination and fortune-telling. One of the funniest is the carp hexagram. The so-called "carp" is just a pair of shoes. I don't know how to deal with things, such as going to a certain place or not going to a certain place, when I can't decide, and there is nothing available around me, I simply kick the two shoes on my feet into the air. Fall, look at the pros and cons, go as soon as you go positive, otherwise you don't go.

Finally, there are the Zhou people, and the method used by the Zhou people is mainly Zheng, the result of which is the Book of Changes. Regarding the I Ching, there have been many sages in the past who have studied it. First, the direction of the Book of Changes.

Ancient divination is generally a matter of witch history, and the deduction of "Yi" is called Xiao, and the structure of the character Xiao happens to be Wu below. Regarding Wu, the "Shuowen" explains as follows:

Wu, Zhu also, the female can do invisible things to dance to the gods, like a human two-sleeved dance.

Witches are prayers. Served by a woman, she can serve the intangible and can communicate with the gods in the form of dance. In the shape of a witch character, the elephant man stretches out his two long sleeves and dances.

In fact, in the Jiawen and Jinwen, there are four ways to write the witch character, the first two glyphs are drawn: the middle is a cross, symbolizing the bonfire, the four ends of the cross have a horizontal, the original meaning is to dance a group dance around the bonfire, and the last two writing methods are like a single dance, and its glyphs are like head up. From the evolution of the glyph of the witch character, it can be seen that communication with the gods was originally a collective act, and gradually fixed to a small number of people, becoming a privilege of a few people.

In other words, the origin of singing and dancing is more closely related to primitive beliefs. In the eyes of the ancients, gods were everywhere, and as long as you made a representation, it would cause it to be sensitive. Dance, imagination and singing, should be a most primitive representation.

With the development of history, the original way of communicating with the gods through dance has gradually changed, and various forms of divination have appeared

This fundamental spirit, which is highly valued by lawfulness and lawfulness, has not changed.

The Yin people, the Chu people, and the Zhou people are these three ways of divination.

Jiang Duyun nodded thoughtfully, she understood a little.

The patriarch spoke of other regions, where by the sea, people generally use the Holy Grail.

The cup is generally cut into a mussel shell shape with bamboo roots or wood, and there are two bodies, which are protruding on the outside and flat on the inside, called black on the outside and white on the inside. Bu Shi first closed the Holy Grail, held it to his chest and told him what happened and threw it on the ground in front of him, and watched it white to decide the blame. Both pieces are black for "Wugu", which means that there is more evil and less auspicious. Both pieces are white for the "laughing cup", indicating the auspicious and unclear, and one black and one white for the "holy grail", indicating the meaning of the gods' promise.

Usually it has to be thrown three times in a row to be effective, and there are many things to do when people build houses to marry, get sick and be murdered, and travel far away for business.

Daomen is good at asking for signatures.

It is called "asking for a signature poem". The sign is a bamboo divination tool, which is stored in the stick holder and prepared for the temple god case for pilgrims to use for divination. Each bamboo skewer is engraved with a number, and another piece of paper is prepared, and the signed poem is written, the number is consistent with the bamboo skewer, and it is collected and hung on the temple wall or placed in the cabinet, which is called "signing the poem".

When asking for a sign, the diviner first kowtows to the gods and Buddhas and prays, complains about what he wants to do, and then constantly shakes the lottery, takes the sign that falls out of the tube first, throws it on the ground with two holy grails, three times in a row, if it is a pitch and a pitch, thinking that it is a divine promise, that is, according to the sign number to take the poem, with its poetry to divination. Signing points upper, middle, lower three, etc., the common belief to seek the blessing of the sign, to seek the sign is unlucky.

There are also Fu Ping and Dream Fulfillment.

Fu Ping is commonly known as the "God of Insertion". The tools have a support frame, a flat ruler, and a pan. When it is held, burn incense and invite the land lord to come to supervise the plate, burn the talisman paper, and then put the support frame on the plate, two people hold the ends with their fingers, one person kneels and recites the incantation, and asks the gods to manifest the spirit, and the hanging part of the support frame draws words and symbols on the sand, as a revelation to the gods, for divination of good fortune and evil, or singing harmony with people.

Dream fulfillment is a form of divination, believing that the events in the dream can predict good fortune and misfortune, and through the interpretation of the dream, it is attached to the bad luck of the person. There are two kinds of "positive dream law" and "anti-dream law". Generally, there are many "anti-dream laws", such as: dreaming of stepping on excrement with a foot, the main wealth. Dream fulfillers are mostly fortune tellers. If there is an auspicious dream, it will be happy, and if there is a bad dream, it will try to get rid of it, and generally go to the shrine to make a wish and pray for blessings.

Jiang Duyun listened to it with fascination, she liked these things the most.

At this time, the patriarch suddenly stopped and said, "That's all I have to say, let you know about it first, and I will teach you the rest of the things when you come back from Chang'an City." Go rest and have a good time in Chang'an City. ”

Jiang Duyun nodded, she really talked too much, and she couldn't digest it.

Just as he was about to leave, the patriarch suddenly asked, "Although I can predict the prophet and count the whole world, I still don't know how you crossed the moat last time? ”

Jiang Duyun looked back and smiled: "Maybe I'm more determined." ”

The patriarch shook his head and said, "It's one thing to evaluate the will, and it's another thing to breed demons. The Xie Baoshu who came out of the Taoyuan Wonderland with you, although his life is not good,

But fate met a nobleman, and something changed. As for you, you only met us after you came out. After going through so much pain, why didn't you have demons?"

Jiang Duyun smiled: "Because I am fated, there are also nobles." ”

The patriarch thought for a moment and said, "It's your mother, she is also a nobleman, but she doesn't have that much weight." Xie Baoshu met several people, including sword immortals, monks, physical cultivators, and swordsmen, which made his fortune a little better. ”

Smiling slightly, Jiang Duyun said: "They are indeed nobles, but the one I met is Xie Baoshu, who is more expensive than them." ”

After saying that, she jumped out and walked out, without a little sadness and haze.

Master Zu sighed lightly, what about fortune telling?

Is it counted to the hearts of the people?

(End of chapter)