What fortune-telling offices were there in the Tang Dynasty?
Yuan Shoucheng, a famous warlock in the Tang Dynasty and uncle of Yuan Tiangang, described in The Journey to the West that Yuan Shoucheng was born "grotesque and beautiful" and could distinguish between Yin and Yang.
Because he could figure out the location of the Weihe aquarium and let fisherman Zhang figure out when he could catch fish, King Jinghe was very angry and scared, so he went to Chang 'an to find trouble and asked him to calculate the time of rain. Yuan Shoucheng was right. The Dragon King of Jinghe River thought a very, very stupid idea, and changed the hours of rain privately, and the result was known by the Jade Emperor. Violate dogma. Wei Zhi was beheaded in his dream.
According to relevant records, in the 13th year of Zhenguan in Tang Dynasty, there was a divination teacher named Yuan Shoucheng in Chang 'an, who was a fortune teller. It is said that he can know yin and yang and distinguish between life and death. This man's background is not simple. He was the uncle of Yuan Tiangang, the imperial supervisor of Qin Dynasty, and Yuan Tiangang, a famous astrologer in Tang Dynasty, invented the fortune-telling method that has been passed down to this day.
Jinghe River seeks divination and bets on rain. Yuan Shoucheng sells divination in the busy street of West Gate of Chang 'an, and his business is very prosperous. Before finding the divination booth, King Jinghe wanted to attack on the spot, but he was shocked by Mr. Yuan Shoucheng's strange and extraordinary appearance, so he accepted the contempt and asked Yuan Shoucheng for divination.
The gentleman asked, "What did you come to ask?" The dragon king said, "Please talk about the rain and shine in the sky." Mr. Wang immediately started a lesson and said, "Clouds fan the top of the mountain and fog covers the treetops." If you occupy Yuze, you must be in the Ming Dynasty. " The dragon king said, "When will it rain tomorrow? How heavy is the rain? " Mr. Wang said, "It will be cloudy tomorrow, thunder at noon and rain at noon. The water will be three feet, three inches and forty-eight minutes. " The Dragon King smiled and said, "That's not a joke. If it rains tomorrow, according to the number of hours you rest, I will give you 52 shifts as a thank you. If it doesn't rain, or if it doesn't count by the hour, I'll tell you the truth, I'll smash your facade and your signboard, and I'll immediately kick you out of Chang 'an. I am not allowed to confuse people here! Mr. Wang readily replied, "This must be yours." Please, please, come after the rain in the Ming Dynasty. "
Jinghe Dragon King thinks he is the Rain Dragon God. How can mortal Yuan Shoucheng know when it will rain before himself? He must have won the gamble. Who knows just returned to Jinghe Shuifu, the sky ordered it to rain in Chang 'an tomorrow, and the hour and amount of rain was exactly what Yuan Shoucheng said. Although the Dragon King was shocked and lamented that there were such talents in haunters, he was extremely strong-willed and refused to give up easily. His competitive spirit made him dizzy and decided to change the rainfall time privately and deduct the rainfall. The next day, the Dragon King was caught in a cloud, and it thundered at noon, but it rained untimely. The rain stopped at the right time. The total rainfall was 3 feet 40 minutes, which was changed for one hour and weighed 3 inches 8 minutes. After the rain, the Dragon King turned into a human form and went straight to Yuan Shoucheng Liuyipu. He smashed the hexagram stall in one breath and told Yuan Shoucheng to get out of Chang 'an at once. But Yuan Shoucheng just quietly watched the Dragon King break it. At last he sneered, "My little divination booth is worthless. I'm afraid someone has committed a capital crime without knowing it. I know you. You are not Untitled Scholar, you are the King of Jinghe. You change the time privately, deduct the rainfall and engage in dogma. I am afraid that you will be stabbed tomorrow! " King Jinghe panicked and regretted his impulse. He quickly knelt down and begged Yuan Shoucheng for help. Yuan Shoucheng sighed, "it's no use begging me. Tomorrow at 3 noon, you will be beheaded by Wei Zhi. At that time, Wei Zhi was the prime minister of the dynasty. If you can get the personal favor of Tang Wang, there is still a way out. " King Jinghe thanked Yuan Shoucheng and rushed to the palace. Until midnight, Li Shimin, king of the Tang Dynasty, fell asleep. He sneaked into Li Shimin's dream and shouted, "Your Majesty, help me!" King Tang was taken aback: "Who are you? Should I save you? " The dragon king said, "I'm Jinghe outside Chang 'an. Your Majesty is the real dragon, and I'm the industry dragon. I was beheaded by your majesty's saint Wei Zhi, because I made a dogma, so I came to ask for your help! When the King of Tang saw it begging for mercy, he agreed, "Since Wei Zhi was beheaded, I can save you. Don't worry. " The dragon king was relieved and kowtowed and retreated. Li Shimin, the king of the Tang Dynasty, woke up from his dream and thought about what the Dragon King had entrusted to him. After careful consideration, he decided to keep Kevin·Z by his side for one day tomorrow and not let him leave the palace gate, which should save the Dragon King. The next day, after Tang Wang retired from the DPRK, he stayed alone, announced the gold medal list, and called him into the temporary hall to discuss the strategy of consolidating the country first and then the strategy of securing the country. In the afternoon, when he saw that he was fidgeting, the king of Tang laughed and ordered the imperial secretary to take a chess table to discuss with Wei. Wei Zhi dare not, but thank him.
In Wei Zhi's dream, Kevin·Z's chess skill is very high, but the intention of Tang Wang is only to delay the time and hit the middle set. King Tang has been defeated, so he can't help but bow his head and fall into a long exam. When the Tang King fell and looked up, the Prime Minister Wei was already asleep at his desk. King Tang smiled and said, "Xian Qing is really tired of helping the world and building the country." King Tang allowed him to take a nap without even calling. Seeing that it was past three o'clock at noon, he thought King Jinghe should have escaped. Suddenly, Wei Zhi, whose forehead was covered with sweat, looked a little anxious. The king of Tang was afraid that he was distressed by the hot weather, so he personally fanned Wei Zhi, and the cool breeze Xu Lai and Wei Zhengmi sweated and slept very well. Suddenly, someone shouted at the door of the Tang Dynasty. Tang Wang got up to watch, but it was, Qin and others. What Qin is holding. When he saw the Tang King here, he threw it on the ground and it rolled to the feet of the Tang King. It turned out to be a bloody faucet! The dragon head, with a beard and a halberd, stared at the king of Tang with his eyes open. The king of Tang was frightened and stepped back and asked, "What is this?" Qin replied, "It's a thousand steps south of the corridor. On the cross street, this faucet falls in the clouds. I dare not hit it!" Wei Zhi was awakened by the sound, went to the Tang King and fell in the tunnel: "I've died a thousand times! I'm just dizzy and I don't know what to do. I hope your majesty will forgive me for being slow. " Tang Wang said, "What is your crime of being slow? Get up, but look at this faucet, but what does it say? " Wei Zhi still fell to the ground without getting up, and said, "This dragon was beheaded by the minister in his dream!" " The king of Tang was shocked: "Xian Qing was sleepy, but he didn't do it, and he didn't have a sword. How can he kill this dragon? " Wei Zhi replied, "This dragon has committed a dogma. I was in front of you when I was beheaded today, but I dreamed of chasing this dragon from your majesty and beheading it. I didn't expect the dragon to escape in a hurry, but I couldn't catch up at the moment. Fortunately, your majesty slapped me, and with the help of those three cool winds, I caught up with the dragon, beheaded it in one fell swoop, and it went to nothing. " Tang Wang's heart was once mixed. With Wei Zhi's help, there is no reason to be unstable. Sadly, I promised to save the dragon in my dream, but I was afraid of being punished. Wei Zhi even beheaded the Dragon King with his three cool fans. Helpless, Wang Qiang in the Tang Dynasty rewarded Wei Zhi spiritually, and the crowd dispersed.
The door keeper was born because the king of Tang heard a sad wail outside the palace gate at midnight. In panic, the king of Tang fell asleep in a daze. Unexpectedly, the headless king of Jinghe River in his dream, carrying a bloody head, pounced on the king of Tang, grabbed his hand and called him by his first name: "Li Shimin! Give me back my life Give me back my life Thanks to your promise to save me or not, how can you help that Wei Zhi hunt me down? Come out! Reason with me to go to the king of hell! " The king of Tang was speechless and sweaty. He can't get rid of the entanglement of the dragon king. He shouted a ghost before he woke up from his dream. At this point, for several days in a row, the king of Tang was disturbed by the ghost of the Dragon King every night and fell ill, with weak pulse. King Tang was seriously ill. Wei Gong Weichi Gong and lord protector Qin came to see him and found him outside the palace gate. At night, they throw bricks and tiles and call for ghosts. The second general comforted the king of Tang. Qin said, "Your Majesty, relax. Tonight I will guard the palace gate with Jingde to see what's sneaking around. " Tang Wang allowed the play, and the two thanked him. In the evening, the two generals were all dressed up, wearing golden helmets and silver armor, commanding and commanding, holding knives and axes to guard outside the palace gate. After a calm night, the king of Tang slept soundly. Although guarded by two generals, the palace was quiet for a few days, but after all, the king of Tang could not bear the hard work of the two generals, which made them miserable day and night, so he found painters, painted the true faces of Weichi Gong and Qin on the door of the palace, and the front door was free at night. The prestige and appearance of the two generals have become the door gods of the people. First, King Jinghe begged Emperor Taizong not to let Wei Zhi behead him, but when Emperor Taizong was playing chess with Wei Zhi, Wei Zhi beheaded King Jinghe in his dream, so later King Jinghe expressed his dream to Emperor Taizong, which led to Emperor Taizong being scared into the underworld, but he was resurrected before his birthday. Later, he promoted Buddhism, but the Buddhist scriptures were incomplete, and later he went to the Western Heaven to learn from them.