Chapter 75 The origin of divination

Divination is a cultural phenomenon in every ancient nation in the world.In ancient China, divination and other cultural phenomena used for prediction were also spread.In ancient China, people generally believed that "Book of Changes" was a book of divination.And there is a saying: If you don't study the Book of Songs, you can't speak, and if you don't study, you can't divination. "Divination" in divination means observation, and "divination" refers to burning the shell of a tortoise, and it is believed that good or bad fortune can be predicted based on the shape of the cracks that appear.It judges unknown things or predicts the future by studying the incomplete basis obtained by observing various signs.Judging from the literal meaning of divination, the oldest divination technique uses turtle shells as the basic props.The material materials needed for divination are divided into two categories, one is the carrier used to display divination and engraved words, namely tortoise shells, animal bones, etc. Carving knife and so on.Divination is practiced in cultures of all ages around the world and in a variety of ways.

In many cases, divination is just a behavior in which the operator seeks information or answers with the help of certain instruments or phenomena due to uncertainty when he is about to do something, thereby satisfying the psychological needs of the seeker.Therefore, to this extent, what is used for divination is not important, what is important is how to make the divination you make more effective. Early divination was closely related to religion, and its development was influenced by cosmology and national psychology.Common divination methods include inquiry divination, chicken divination, bird divination, bird divination, water divination, astrology divination, card divination, etc.Among them, divination, which uses animals as the basic props, can best reflect the unorganized nature of divination, and it is also a way that can best capture people's hearts.

Regarding the technique of divination, it was mentioned in the book: "There are four ways of sages in Yi: those who use words to appreciate their speech, those who use movement to appreciate their changes, those who use implements to appreciate their images, and those who use divination to appreciate their divination." Four ways of divination are mentioned here, but they remain the same.In a stricter way, the method of divination mentioned in the "Book of Changes" actually belongs to China only.There are two streams of Chinese divination. One is based on the eight trigrams, which originated from the divination of tortoise shells and animal bones in ancient times;

And once the scope is expanded to foreign countries, the methods of divination also become more diverse.Divination in the world can generally be divided into two schools: Chinese divination and Western divination.Among the foreign divination techniques, the ancient European divination technique is the most praised.For example, poker fortune-telling, or tarot card method, and even the leftover coffee pattern in the coffee cup can all indicate good and bad luck.These are just a drop in the bucket, although it is a glimpse of the leopard, but it can also be glimpsed.If we talk about ancient Chinese traditional divination techniques, such as the three most popular divination techniques of Zhouyi Divination, Plum Blossom Yishu, and Liuyao, there are already a vast array of methods worthy of learning and research by future generations.

And the ultimate proposition of all divination is, how accurate is such a divination method?I am afraid that only after personally experiencing divination, can each person come to his own conclusion.Although so far, divination has not been affirmed by the mainstream scientific community, but it has been passed down to the present day after thousands of years, and it must have its rationality and fixed audience.And this is the top priority of all divination.