Yongjia Oubei Five Dynasties Fortune Telling Place
Any systematic knowledge that has gone through thousands of years is constantly adjusted and artificially speculated. What we see today, regardless of heavenly stems and earthly branches, the so-called relationship between Yin and Yang and the five elements, was not achieved overnight. Of course, it may not be completely correct. For a person who wants to enter this industry, finding the right source and knowing the causal side is the road to employment. Therefore, I am opposed to the above-mentioned induction between heaven and man, yin and yang and five elements.
A science fighter said that the basic knowledge of fortune telling is the Book of Changes, and he didn't know what to say. After all, I didn't graduate from Tsinghua. He also explained that the Qing emperors liked fortune telling and believed in fate, and cited the example of Puyi. I really don't know that in the Qing Dynasty, a monarch who died at a young age like Puyi probably didn't receive any good education. But if you travel to the Ming Dynasty and tell the fortune of the Emperor yourself, it's strange not to judge a demon.
The original intention and source of cadres and party branches have been annihilated from the documents that are now publicly certified (I won't say the legend, for fear of being hanged by science fighters). I remember reading Mr. Guo Moruo's book when I was a child. He has his own description of the source of cadres and party branches, which is not correct, but it is very interesting. For example, he said, Twelve branches have two children, and Yin is also a child, which is a bit like the morning and evening children in some fortune-telling schools now.
The most common use of dry branches is to record time.
year
The ancient chronology was based on the son of heaven. For example, in the first year of Taijia mentioned in Shangshu, Taijia was the son of heaven in Shang Dynasty. Later in the Spring and Autumn Period, everyone was king and there were too many sons of heaven, so this year was rather chaotic.
At that time, the chronology of Jupiter was put forward, because Jupiter has a twelve-year cycle. This is the entry point of the underground branch. But the date of Jupiter is no longer the name of the earthly branch. For example, Yin is called Xuan in Jupiter's chronology.
But Jupiter can't walk correctly, so everyone created an imaginary star called Tai Sui, and then there was a cycle of 12 years. But the twelve branches in this map are not their current names, such as Yin's name "She Tige" or something (I forgot a little).
Over the years, the names of the main branches were not unified in the Han Dynasty. If you are interested, you can look at Huainanzi Astronomical Training Historical Almanac. Here is a detailed description of the name of the main branch.
Personally, I think the twelve branches of the traditional chronology are enough to express it. I still don't understand why taichu calendar Middle School should add heavenly stems before the underground branch to form a 60-year cycle, perhaps because of the influence of the underground branch.
To sum up, the annual branch represents the position of Tai Sui Star on Sunday.
moon
How can there be twelve months? Because of the big dipper. Ancient alchemists found that the handle of the Big Dipper circled the celestial pole once a year (one day a week), so they divided it into 12 points according to the method of the old star, with each point for 30 days and 360 days a year. At that time, it was called Shierchen, which is now the 12 th branch. It should have existed in the early spring and autumn period. That's what the history books say. This is a lunar building.
But at that time, the range of each month was determined according to the cycle of the moon. This is a problem. Beidou has 30 days a month, and Wang Shuo has 29 and a half days a month. There is a difference between a year and a year. In ancient times, 2008 refers to December, and 2008 refers to the year of the Tropic of Cancer. So the official of Sita at that time came up with something called leap moon. But leap month is not convenient for fortune telling. Therefore, in the Tang Dynasty, Mr. Li abandoned the method of looking at the moon and established twelve solar terms corresponding to the number of stars. For example, the solstice in winter corresponds to the ugly palace in the age of stars. According to the four orders (winter solstice, summer solstice and vernal equinox, a tropical year is abruptly divided into twelve equal parts), plus heavenly stems, this is the most commonly used branch and month in fortune telling.
To sum up, the branches of the moon represent the position of the handle of the Big Dipper.
time
The record of time was quite chaotic in ancient times. Turning left recorded ten hours in a day, while Huainanzi recorded 15 hours in an ancient day, and each hour was divided into three quarters. However, according to the records in Wu Yue Chun Qiu, a day in the pre-Qin period was divided into 12 hours. After the further standardization of Cao Wei and Du Yu, a system of expressing time by branches and branches finally appeared in Nanqi Astronomical Training. Du Yu was also influenced by the Eight Winds system and the Japanese main branch system. No matter how time is measured, dividing time by the day week of the sun is the basic idea of all timing systems. Setting the middle line of a day with the middle of the day is also the basic idea of all timing systems.
Summary: The branch of time represents the position of the sun on Sunday.
sun
The start time of cadre day is gone.
I once asked my predecessors how they came from, how they evolved and what their significance was. Their answer is that the main branch was taught by God (like Nine Days Xuan Nv), and their own calendar has been passed down to this day without interruption. Of course, this answer is not rigorous, and I have not found any relevant legends.
In today's cultural relics identification, the dates of branches and branches appeared at least in the early Shang Dynasty, and the National Astronomical Observatory has pushed it back to the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and found that the dates of branches and branches of 60 Jiazi have never been interrupted, and have not changed until 20 17. I admire these scientists very much, because this thing is so boring, at least I can't settle down to do it.
Summary: The anniversary of cadres and cadres represents human deduction in theory, but I don't know what it actually represents.
In the middle and late Western Han Dynasty, under the influence of Ganzhizhi, Ganzhizhi appeared.
Ganzhi calendar appeared in the middle and late Tang Dynasty and was influenced by Ganzhi calendar.
The time of dry branch appeared in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and was influenced by the date of dry branch.
I don't know the occurrence time of the trunk and branch dates (at least 4000 years). How can I not know?
All right, it's time to discuss secrets.
1. How did the anniversary of cadres and cadres come about?
Here is a counting answer. This answer is too contemptuous of the mathematics of Xia, Shang and Zhou civilizations. There was already a count. The son of heaven gave up the numbers only after he had eaten enough, and marked the days with a period of 60 days. How easy is it to make mistakes?
China's literature is vast, and the emergence of any system is a gradual process, while the dry calendar inexplicably appears in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, mature, orderly and precise, just like its carrier Oracle Bone Inscriptions (Chinese characters represented by Oracle Bone Inscriptions also inexplicably appear, at least there is no evidence of gradual progress in archaeology, and people also inexplicably appear, and there is no evidence of gradual progress in archaeology).
Is it really brought by an alien named Jiutian Xuan Nv?
2. What does the anniversary stand for? Heavenly stems and earthly branches's first application was in the calendar. The meaning of the date seems to be deliberately hidden, just like the meaning of the Chinese character itself. Saying that writing is only a side event after a thousand years, how can it be accurate after a thousand years?
3. Since the meaning of the main branch is not clear, why have all generations spared no effort to pass it on? No matter how Wang Gang solved the problem, five generations and ten countries never let go, even if it was a mistake. Why is this? It seems very important to record a day.
4. Since the date of official support was maintained by the imperial courts in previous dynasties, why did the imperial court deliberately downplay the date of official support among the people? As we all know, at least since the Zhao and Song Dynasties, folk dates are generally recorded on the first and second days of the full moon. That is today's lunar calendar. For example, a colleague in Zhihu started to learn metaphysics 30 years ago, and he will definitely recite the conversion formula between the lunar calendar and the main branch after entering the business. Thanks to the computer, I have a perpetual calendar now, otherwise my colleagues in Zhihu will be at least half less. The question is, since the imperial court spared no effort to maintain the official calendar, why did it use the lunar calendar among the people?