What divination does China have?

There are two main streams of divination in China: Yijing and Shushu. There are some "divinations" under it. These two veins actually have the nature of * * * communication, because they all follow the same foundation. Therefore, many times, "Book of Changes" or "Shu Shu" are used alone to represent all divination in China. We distinguish them, which is conducive to a better study of China's various divinations. The Book of Changes, based on eight diagrams, originated from ancient tortoise shell divination. According to Zhou Li, there are three kinds of Zhouyi, Lianshan and Ghost Stories, but the latter two have been lost. Oracle Bone Inscriptions unearthed in modern times is a record of predictions and results after divination. The representatives of "divination" under it are: easy to count elephants, easy to count clubs, and external response.

Shu Shu originated from ancient astronomy in China and was based on heavenly stems and earthly branches. Its content consciously or unconsciously conformed to and imitated the idea of Zhouyi. According to historical records and archaeology, Shu Shu's age is later than the Book of Changes. The representatives of "divination" under it are: the Great Liu Ren, four pillars and eight characters, the number of fights, iron plate divination, seven policies and four wonders, bird hunting, choosing a day and so on.

More "divination" has crossed these two main streams, such as Liu Yi, Taiyi, Daoism and Feng Shui.

China's divination is far more than the above categories. And some of the divination mentioned above is divided into many schools, just like the martial arts schools in China. There are too many forests to list. So far, only the book Zi Bu Shu Shu in Sikuquanshu has summarized some of them.

China's divination is China's divination, or ancient metaphysics, or modern China's divination. It is a huge knowledge based on the traditional culture of China, such as Taiji, Eight Diagrams, Yin and Yang, heavenly stems, earthly branches, five elements, Ke Sheng, evil spirits and calendars, and is used to predict the success or failure of people, things and things in the past, present and future.

China's divination was gradually abstracted and perfected by China people in the process of exploring the universe and nature since ancient times, seeking unified laws from the appearances of various concrete things, polished and refined by generations of sages and wise men.

China's divination should pay attention to the elements of traditional China culture, such as Taiji, Eight Diagrams, Yin and Yang, heavenly stems, earthly branches, five elements, Ke Sheng and divine evil spirits. Most of them were not used for divination at first, but were used by China people to understand and explain the cosmic world in which we live, which belongs to the category of China's ancient philosophy. Starting from pragmatism, it becomes the basis of divination. China's ancient philosophy and divination are two fruits on the same tree.