Fortune-telling with thumbnails
According to Voice of China's "Evening News Peak" report, fortune-telling with thumbsticks began in the pre-Qin Dynasty, when the ancient Egyptians used papyrus to record events, and the ancient Babylonians used clay tablets to record events. When writing the book, the ancient Chinese split bamboo into bamboo strips, thinned them, polished them, baked them, and compiled them together. They recorded the most vivid historical facts on bamboo slips and passed them on to future generations. At that time, there were only six characters in the eight-character fortune telling, that is, three pillars. It is said to have been created by Li Xuzhong. It is based on the year, month and day of a person's birth, arranged with the heavenly stems and earthly branches, and there is no time. By the beginning of the Song Dynasty, Xu Ziping added the time of birth and evolved from six characters to eight characters. The progress and maturity of "Eight-Character Fortune Telling" is Xu Ziping's major contribution, so it is also called "Ziping Technique". Fortune telling is the act of using the horoscopes of a person's birth to predict or judge the fortune and misfortune of one's fate and to seek guidance. It is also called fortune telling. It is a traditional Han culture that speculates on people's career, marriage, wealth, studies, health and other matters based on the theories of Ganzhi calendar, Yin Yang and Five Elements, Shensha and other theories.
What is the relationship between eight-character fortune telling and science?
It is the crystallization of the wisdom of the working people of the Han nationality; it is the result of thousands of years of ups and downs, great waves and the continuous efforts of countless forecasters throughout history. Valuable experience summed up through repeated practice; a large number of practices at home and abroad in ancient and modern times have proved that it not only has unique and magical functions of advanced prediction and advanced reflection, but also has extremely profound scientific theories and extremely valuable use value. With its strong vitality and scientific nature It has been passed down to this day and has been valued by many scholars at home and abroad. Therefore, it is not "feudal superstition", but dialectical materialism, not "idealism". It is said that the basic principles of fortune telling and prediction are based on the change of yin and yang as the principle, the restraint of the five elements as the law, and the prediction of destiny based on the time of person's birth. It is a discipline that teaches people to seek good fortune and avoid evil.
What is the significance of fortune telling? Is it accurate?
Its meaning is to help people prepare and refer to events they may encounter in the future. It's not decisive. But it plays a supporting role. It is "predictive science" rather than "deterministic science". There is no accurate or inaccurate statement. In other words, it can be accurately calculated in the past, and it is terrifyingly accurate! But people's future is changeable, and prediction is to allow people to prepare in advance for what may happen in the future.
I hope that through the above introduction you will have a correct understanding of fortune telling and prediction.