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divination
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周易算命 "zhouyi fortune-telling"
四柱八字或简称八字：four pillars of destiny (ba zi)
八卦 the eight trigrams
易经概述：
the i ching (wade-giles), or “yì jīng” (pinyin); also called “classic of changes” or “book of changes” is one of the oldest of the chinese classic texts.[1] the book is a symbol system used to identify order in chance events. the text describes an ancient system of cosmology and philosophy that is intrinsic to ancient chinese cultural beliefs. the cosmology centres on the ideas of the dynamic balance of opposites, the evolution of events as a process, and acceptance of the inevitability of change (see philosophy, below). in western cultures and modern east asia, the i ching is sometimes regarded as a system of divination. the classic consists of a series of symbols, rules for manipulating these symbols, poems, and commentary.
易经的组成：(易经和易传）
by the time of han wu di (汉武帝 hàn wǔ dì) of the western han dynasty (circa 200 bce), shi yi was often called yi zhuan (易传 yì zhùan, “commentary on the i ching”), and together with the i ching they composed zhou yi (周易 zhōu yì, “changes of zhou”).
易经的名字解释：
* 易 (yì), while as a verb it implies “to change“ or 'to exchange/substitute one thing for another'.
* 经 (jīng) here means “classic (text)”, derived from its original meaning of “regularity” or “persistency”, implying that the text describes the ultimate way which will not change throughout the flow of time. this same character was later appropriated to translate the sanskrit word 'sūtra' into chinese in reference to buddhist scripture. in this sense the two concepts, in as much as they mean 'treatise,' 'great teaching,' or 'canonical scripture,' are equivalent.
the i ching is a "reflection of the universe in miniature." the word "i" has three meanings: ease and simplicity, change and transformation, and invariability.[2] thus the three principles underlying the i ching are the following:
1. simplicity - the root of the substance. the fundamental law underlying everything in the universe is utterly plain and simple, no matter how abstruse or complex some things may appear to be.
2. variability - the use of the substance. everything in the universe is continually changing. by comprehending this one may realize the importance of flexibility in life and may thus cultivate the proper attitude for dealing with a multiplicity of diverse situations.
3. persistency - the essence of the substance. while everything in the universe seems to be changing, among the changing tides there is a persistent principle, a central rule, which does not vary with space and time.
— 易一名而含三义：易简一也；变易二也；不易三也。 commented on by zheng xuan (郑玄 zhèng xúan) in his writings critique of i ching (易赞 yì zàn) and commentary on i ching (易论 yì lùn) of eastern han dynasty.
四柱：
* the four pillars is an english translation of the chinese dynastic phrase "shi chen ba zi".
* the chinese term (时辰八字 , shi chen ba zi) literally translates to "hour of the eight characters".
* it is also under the chinese term (四柱命理学, sei cyu ming lei hok) which literally translates to "the four pillars life-ology".
* it is commonly referred to by the shortened names of "four pillars" or "ba zi". one of the most frequently used alternate phrase is "four pillars of your birthday".
八卦:
the bagua (chinese: 八卦; pinyin: bā guà; wade-giles: pa kua; literally "eight symbols") are eight diagrams used in taoist cosmology to represent a range of interrelated concepts. each consists of three lines, each either "broken" or "unbroken," representing a yin line or a yang line, respectively. due to their tripartite structure, they are often referred to as "trigrams" in english.
the trigrams are related to taiji philosophy and the wu xing. the ancient chinese classic i ching consists of the 64 pairs of trigrams (called "hexagrams") and commentary on them. the interrelationships among the trigrams are represented in two arrangements, the primordial (先天八卦), "earlier heaven" or "fuxi" bagua (伏羲八卦), and the manifested (后天八卦), "later heaven," or "king wen" bagua. the trigrams have correspondances in astronomy, astrology, geography, geomancy, anatomy, the family, and elsewhere.
the eight trigrams are: qian 天, "heaven;" xun 风, "wind;" kan 水, "water;" gen 山, "mountain;" kun 地, "earth," zhen 雷 "thunder," li火, "fire;" and dui 泽, "lake."
很邪门的心理测试，98%准确率，不信试试！很诡异喔!!
人格测验:每一个人只能够许一个愿望......试试看,可是千万不要作弊,不要先看结论!你会对你的答案感到非常讶异.我们的 脑海就像是一个降落伞一样;当它在於开放的状态下就能够达到更好的运作.这是非常有趣的,但是你必须百分之百的遵守所有的指示.
***在开始本测验之前请先许一个愿望ba***
注意!请依照顺序来回答本问卷.一共只有4个问题,但是如果你在回答之前先偷看了结论,
你就无法得到真正诚实的答案.
现在请慢慢的阅读并且回答.
不要事先偷看
请准备笔和纸来写下你的答案.
在於问卷的最后你将会须要它来解读你的人格
这是一个非常诚实的问卷,它将会告诉你许多关於你真正的自我的事情.
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请将以下的5种动物,依你对它们喜爱的顺序排列:
-母牛-老虎-绵羊-马-猪-
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请在於以下的每一句话之后写出一个你对於它所感觉的形容词:
-狗-猫-老鼠-咖啡-海
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请想一些人(这一些人必须认识你,
并且对你来说是非常重要的人)
请将这一些人与以下的颜色联想在一起
(不要重复名称或颜色)
每一个人只能和一个颜色联想而已.
-黄色-橘红色-红色-白色-绿色
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最后,请写下你的幸运号码以及一个星期中你最喜欢的日子
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你已经写好了吗?请确定你所写出的答案是你内心真正的感受这是你最后的机会来作出任何的更改.现在请看以下的解说:但是在阅读之前请再度许下你之前所许的愿望. ************************************************************ *
这将会解说你心目中许多重要事件的顺位:牛,代表事业老虎,代表自信绵羊,代表爱情马,代表家庭猪,代表金钱
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你对於狗的形容词就是形容你自己本身的人格.-你对於猫的形容词就是形容你的伴侣的人格.-你对於老鼠的形容词就是形容你的敌人 的人格.-你对於咖啡的形容词就是形容你对於性的看法.-你对於海的形容词就是形容你对於你自己本身的人生的看法.
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黄色:这是一位你永远不会忘记的人.橘红色:这是一位你永远可以当他为真正的朋友的人.红色:这是一位你真正深爱的人.白色:这 一位是你灵魂的双胞胎.绿色:这是一位你终身难忘的人.
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你必须将此讯息寄出你幸福号码的次数(也就是把这文章转发的次数),之后你的愿望将会在你所写下的日子(一星期的日子)实现!&
soothsayer，diviner ，prognosticator都有占卜者的意思。
举例：
1、now that the world cup has ended, paul the prognosticator will also retire from football forecasting.
世界杯的大幕已经徐徐落下，“占卜者”章鱼也要光荣退休了。
2、
for example, if a person has died mysteriously, the diviner is supposed to be able to tell when, where, and how the person died.
例如，如有个人死得很神秘，占卜者就能说出那人死亡的时间、地点和方式。
3、
a soothsayer in my village says i'll find a sword.
村里的一个占卜者说，我会找到一把剑。
占卜者的意思是对今后未发生的事情进行预知，和魔法师差不多。占卜者和预言家差不多，借助一些道具可以进行预言。但是占卜者是出现在神话故事或文学作品中人想象出来的人物，在实际生活中也有少数专门为别人占卜的人，借助中国的《易经》等，西方的塔罗牌等进行占卜。
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