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Tui bei tu (traditional Chinese: 推背圖; simplified Chinese: 推背图; pinyin: tuī bèi tú) is a Chinese prophecy book from the 7th-century Tang dynasty.The book is known for predicting the future of China, and is written by Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang (袁天罡), and has been compared to the works of famous western prophet Nostradamus. [1]
Chen 讖 is the Chinese term for 'prophecy'. [1] It is also written chan [2] or, in the Wade–Giles transliteration as "ch'an": [3] "The Ch'an, couched in enigmatic language, predicted luck and disaster, and constituted oracle books."
Liu is also known for his prophecies and has been described as the "Divine Chinese Nostradamus". [3] He and Jiao Yu co-edited the military treatise known as the Huolongjing ( Fire Dragon Manual ). Liu Bowen initially aided Zhu Yuanzhang in his ascent to power, but later Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong quarrelled with Liu, forcing Liu to resign.
Some believe that certain lines contain references to the future of China at the time including: Jingnan campaign (1399-1402) [4] Tumu Crisis [5] Rise of Zheng He; Political unrest of Wei Zhongxian (魏忠贤乱政) [4] Fall of the Ming dynasty and rise of the Qing dynasty; First Opium War; First Sino-Japanese War [6] Founding of the Republic ...
Li Hong (Chinese: 李弘) is a soteriological figure in religious Daoist prophecies wherein he appears at the end of the world cycle to rescue the chosen people, who would be distinguished by certain talismans, practices, and virtues.
Moon blocks or jiaobei (also written as jiao bei etc. variants; Chinese: 筊杯 or 珓杯; pinyin: jiǎo bēi; Jyutping: gaau2 bui1), also poe (from Chinese: 桮; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poe; as used in the term "poe divination"), are wooden divination tools originating from China, which are used in pairs and thrown to seek divine guidance in the form of a yes or no question.
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They fell out of popularity during World War II, but only due to problems with supply, as China had been invaded by Japan and trade routes were disrupted. In the 1990s, importations of kau chim sticks were available again in the US. This time, packaged in leather-covered tubes painted with ornate Chinese designs, but also with the old rhyming ...