Chinese Fortune-telling 笔译-申思
Fortune-telling in China • Chinese fortune telling(“Suan Ming”算命) • The earliest recorded practice traces bake to Fu Hsi(伏羲氏) 生产力水平低下 →受自然灾害影响大 →占卜预测
"Suan Ming" &"Daoism" • Acdemic name of "Suan Ming" → "周易预测" (make prediction under the guide of the book of changes） • Acdemic work on "Suan Ming" → Yi-ology “易学” or divination“术数”
Narrow sense Bazi (or eight characters )predicting(八字算命) • Generally it involves taking four components of time, the hour of birth, day, month and year. • Usually it will be applied to tell one about his or her destiny in life, current situation and area for most successful occupation. Also, it is a part necessary in match-making choices(八字合婚)
The five elements or Wu Xing 五行 • • • Metal Wood Water Fire earth
• Celestial stems 天干 • Earthly branches 地支
五行干支对应图 VS 星座命理图
Broad sense • • • Face reading Palm reading Kau Cim Zi wei dou shu Bazi 面相 手相 求签 紫微斗数 八字 • • • … Mei Hua Yi Shu 梅花易数 Four pillar method 四柱算命 Feng shui 风水 Jiu Gong Ming Li 九宫命理 Tai Yi Shen Shu 太乙神数 Qi Men Dun Jia 奇门遁甲
Face reading • This is the interpretation of facial features of the nose, eyes, mouth and other criteria within one's face and the conversion of those criteria into predictions for the future. • This usually covers one phase of the client's life, and reveals the type of luck associated with a certain age range.
《麻衣神相》
Palm reading • This analyzes the positioning of palm lines for love, personality, and other traits.
Palmistry 1: Life line 2: Head line 3: Heart line 4: Girdle of Venus 5: Sun line 6: Mercury line 7: Fate line
Fengshui • Feng shui was widely used to orient buildings—often spiritually significant structures such as tombs, but also dwellings and other structures—in an auspicious manner. • Depending on the particular style of feng shui being used, an auspicious site could be determined by reference to local features such as bodies of water, stars, or a compass
Feng shui Luopan compass 罗盘
A building in Hong Kong with a hollow middle hole, utilizing fengshui benefits
How to regard fortune telling practice? ALWAYS BE IN AWE OF THE MYSTERIOUS FORCE 对一切未知的事物长存敬畏之心。
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