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  2. Kau chim - Wikipedia

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    Some Taoist temples in Taiwan and Malaysia also revere a special Medicinal Oracle sticks (藥簽) which the poems are written in the form of Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) concoction. Visitors can use the poem to buy items from the nearby Traditional Chinese Medicine shop. This was a common practice at certain Baosheng Dadi temples in olden ...

  3. Lingqijing - Wikipedia

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    Lingqijing (or Ling Ch'i Ching; 靈棋經 lit."Classic of the Divine Chess") is a Chinese book of divination.It is not known when, nor by whom, it was written, though a legend has spread that strategist Zhang Liang received the book from Huang Shigong (黃石公), a semi-mythological figure in Chinese history.

  4. I Ching divination - Wikipedia

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    Each hexagram is six lines, written sequentially one above the other; each of the lines represents a state that is either yin (陰 yīn: dark, feminine, etc., represented by a broken line) or yang (陽 yáng: light, masculine, etc., a solid line), and either old (moving or changing, represented by an "X" written on the middle of a yin line, or a circle written on the middle of a yang line) or ...

  5. Chinese astrology - Wikipedia

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    Chinese astrology has a close relation with Chinese philosophy (theory of the three harmonies: heaven, earth, and human), and uses the principles of yin and yang, wuxing (five phases), the ten Heavenly Stems, the twelve Earthly Branches, the lunisolar calendar (moon calendar and sun calendar), and the time calculation after year, month, day ...

  6. Symbolic stars - Wikipedia

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    In Chinese astrology, the symbolic stars, also translated as star spirits or calendar spirits, (Chinese: 神 煞; pinyin: shén shā) represent beneficial and baleful influences believed to be present during particular times (including the year, month, and hour), [1] typically in relation to the specific positions and interactions of the heavenly stems and earthly branches used in traditional ...

  7. Religion of the Shang dynasty - Wikipedia

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    [f] In oracle bone script, the square pictograph denoted the modern stem ding; this possibly originated from oral expressions, and was related to Shang lineal descent. [88] Inscriptions indicate the square as indicating many possible things, including the subject of a given cult, the space for a ritual, or the ritual itself.

  8. Scapulimancy - Wikipedia

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    Oracle bone with drilled divots. These drilled holes within a specimen would be accompanied by carbonised fissures, thus the theory that the hollows were created to induce cracking when heated was postulated. [6] Importantly, the royal court diviners were not the exclusive divination entity within the mid to late Shang period.

  9. Four Pillars of Destiny - Wikipedia

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    In the time of Tang dynasty, Lǐ Xūzhōng (Chinese: 李虛中) reorganized this concept, and used each of the two sexagenary cycle characters assigned to a person's birth year, month and date to predict one's personality and future. This was called the "Three Pillars of Destiny", and after this theory become more and more popular. [1]