The "Three Ming Tonghui" records a horoscope of three people with the same fate (Jiazi, Yihai, Xinweiwuzi), that is, the three people's horoscopes are exactly the same. One is from Jiangyou, named Luo Hongxian, The second person is from Songjiang and is a member of the clan; the third person is from Shandong and is a member of the clan. The fate of these three people is hugely different, and I am afraid it cannot be explained simply by the differences in geographical geomantic omen of their birthplaces. But what exactly is the problem?
I found that this horoscope was born in Zishi, which reminded me of an old saying, "Unpredictable fate will happen in Zishi". Why were ancient fortune tellers reluctant to test the fortunes of people born in Zishi? Because calculations are often inaccurate. Why can't the calculation be accurate? There are two reasons:
First, the 2 hours from 23:00 on the same day to 1:00 a.m. the next day are sub-hours, and the 24:00 (also called 0:00) in the middle is the boundary between the two days, so , Zi hour is divided into the former Zi hour and the latter Zi hour, each of which is one hour, the former Zi hour is on the previous day, and the latter Zi hour is on the next day, but the heavenly stems of the front and rear Zi hours are the same. In ancient China, there was only the concept of "hour", and the concept of hour was introduced to our country from the West in modern times. Because there was no distinction between early and late Zi hours, about half of the people born at Zi time had wrong birthdays, and the wrong day stems and branches, and the eight characters Subversive errors are bound to occur.
Second, if we talk about it in a day, it can also be divided into early Zi hour (0 to 1 o'clock) and late Zi hour (23 to 24 o'clock). Although they are both Zi hours, their heavenly stems But they are not the same. If we do not distinguish between them and use Zaozi hour to get the time stem, it will inevitably lead to errors.
Take a look at the twelve hours of Liujia in the "San Ming Tong Hui" compiled in the Ming Dynasty. It is not difficult to find that the horoscope of Zi Shi is only Zao Zi Shi, not late Zi Shi. Therefore, at 23 o'clock on the same day People born at 24 o'clock are mistakenly regarded as people born on the next day. Of course, there is no distinction between early and late hours. Therefore, the horoscopes of the three people with the same fate recorded in the "Three Life Tonghui" are themselves wrong or partially wrong. How can it not be the opposite if the wrong horoscopes are used to determine the fate?
Fortunately, modern people have corrected this mistake of the ancients. As long as the time of birth of a person born in Zishi can be accurate to the minute, his fate can be calculated accurately.
Conclusion In ancient times, when science and technology were underdeveloped, reasoning was based solely on theoretical knowledge. At the time of the day, there was an error of two hours in between. Of course, there would be errors, and even the fortune-telling might be inaccurate. .