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The tortoise divination of Taibu

There are eight kinds of turtles used for divination. One is the Beidou turtle, the other is the Chen Nan turtle, the third is the five-star turtle, the fourth is the Eight Winds turtle, the fifth is the twenty-eight lodging turtle, the sixth is the Sun and Moon turtle, the seventh is the Kyushu turtle, and the eighth is the Jade turtle. Turtle figure has its own words under its belly, and it is also a turtle with a word cloud. The tortoise is two inches long, and Taibu takes its lower armor on an auspicious day. When the king sends his troops, he will drill holes above the turtle temple to determine good or bad luck. The diviner is earth, the upright man is wood, the evildoer is gold, the chanting man is fire, and the light-hearted man is water. Since the Han dynasty, divination has had special practice and divination.