Several short stories about ancient divination.

Two scholars have gone to the countryside for an exam. They all use the word "Li" to test. Mr. Zi said, "One of you is going to high school and the other is going to have a funeral." The result came true later. "

When someone asked why, he said, "When the bereaved person asked, someone happened to carry water through here, so this is a word of" crying ",which means that he is mourning. It happened that someone was standing next to the examinee when he asked. This is the word' bit', which means to occupy a seat or get a promotion, so he was excluded from the exam. "

Don't talk all your life

In the Qing dynasty, when a person wrote a word' Xi', he asked for a lifelong event. Mr. Juzi once said: You are a sheep, and you have been lonely all your life. When the word "Xi" was taken apart and changed from "sheep" to "me", there was only one sheep, and I was lonely.

Someone used the word "melon" to ask about his father's illness. Mr. Juzi matched his son's "son" with the word "melon". This is an "orphan" and his father is doomed.

Emperor Chongzhen inquired about state affairs by measuring words.

Li Zicheng, the conqueror, was trapped in Beijing, and Daming Mountain saw that the tide was gone, but Emperor Chongzhen still refused to give up and made a final struggle. Song Xiance, a military strategist, has repeatedly put forward plans to attack the city. I said this to Chuang Wang again, and Chuang Wang nodded again and again.

On this day, Song Xiance, a military adviser, dressed as an old man who measured his character, sneaked into the capital. Near the palace, set up a word-measuring pavilion. Song suggested that Emperor Chongzhen was superstitious, and he often recruited some charlatans to perform divination in the palace. Get up early every day, you must abandon the dry Qing palace to worship Buddha. Luoyang fell, uncle Chongzhen was stabbed, and Chongzhen already felt run.

On this day, Emperor Chongzhen slipped out of the palace with eunuch Wang Dehua in plain clothes. I was very touched when I saw the sign on the Song Xiance personality test booth saying "Ghost Valley is a teacher, you should help your friends". I think the charlatans who are usually called into the palace always say something flattering in front of me. Today, the diviner doesn't know my identity, so why don't I test it? On reflection, he winked at Wang Dehua and leaned forward.

Wang Dehua screamed at Song Xiance, "Sir, my master wants to test a word. Song Xiance looked up and knew that he was a eunuch. Then he looked at Chongzhen sitting there, and he understood. Busy smile asked: "I wonder what the guest officer wants to take the exam? Wang Dehua replied: "I want to test national affairs." Song Xiance picked up the writing brush on the desk and handed it to Wang Dehua, saying, "The guest officer started to write. 〞

Wang Dehua began to write the word "friend". Song Xiance studied the word "Friends' Day" carefully and thought for a while. He said, "Sir, the situation is not good. Look at the apostrophe of the word "friend". If you cover the upper part, it will become the word "anti". I'm afraid it's "anti-anti-anti-anti" Hearing this, Chongzhen was happy.

Seeing that Chongzhen's face suddenly changed, Wang Dehua waved and said, "No, the word' friend' is the word' you'." Song Xiance and studied for half a day, not words, just shook his head. After a long time, I said softly, "The word' yes' is even more ominous. You see' yes', the upper part of the word is' big, the word is missing a si', while the lower part is' Ming, the word is missing half. According to this speculation, Daming Mountain has already gone halfway. When Wang Dehua heard this, he was scared and broke out in a cold sweat. He said quickly, "It's not you, but you in Wuhai, Shen You. Song Xiance said nothing and shook his head.

Chongzhen asked anxiously, "Sir, please speak frankly." Song Xiance said with a sigh. This word is too unlucky to say anything more. After hearing this, Chongzhen felt uneasy and crustily said, "Sir, don't hide it. Go ahead. " Song Xiance said mysteriously, "Sir, don't tell anyone. It seems that Daming Mountain is already dying. Look at the word' unitary'. In the word' respect', there is no head on the top and no foot on the bottom. Wang Dehua saw something bad, so he helped Chongzhen back to the palace.

The next day, Emperor Chongzhen died in Jingshan Park with Wang Dehua. The city of Beijing was destroyed, and the king's rebels entered the city easily. Today, the two-part allegorical saying "Chongzhen measures character-dying" is still circulating.

Zeng Guofan's Personality Measurement

Zeng Guofan, a famous minister of the Qing Dynasty, often made unannounced visits to the people while he was an official in Beijing. One day, Chaochao came back. He took off his official clothes and put on casual clothes. He went out from the corner gate of the garden alone and came to the noisy street. Zeng Guofan was walking slowly in the bustling crowd in Zaixi, when he suddenly saw a fortune-telling booth on the corner, and four Chinese characters were written on the hexagram flag: "Visit fortune by measuring characters". Zeng Guofan went to the fortune teller on a whim. As soon as the fortune teller saw the guest, he got up and said hello: "Sir, are you telling fortune or reading words?" ? 〞

Measure words. Zeng Guofan casually replied without thinking. The guest officer's words. "The fortune teller opened the inkstone and handed a writing brush. Zeng Guofan dipped his pen in ink, wrote the word "Ren" on the paper with a stroke of a pen, and then put the pen on the inkstone. Unexpectedly, the pen fell from the inkstone and stopped at the words just written.

The fortune teller was surprised when he saw it. He looked up at Zeng Guofan again and said humbly, "Mr. Zeng, I'm sorry for my rudeness, but what dare you ask?" Zeng Guofan Zheng, I didn't expect this man to see through his identity. But he was expressionless, smiled indifferently and said, "I have nothing to do, just looking around." 〞

Well, not far. The fortune teller stopped asking and bowed shrewdly. Zeng Guofan returned home to his study, still thinking about what had just happened: I have never seen a fortune teller, how can he see through my identity? Is it really extraordinary intelligence, or is it a blind guess? So he called the owner of the house and explained it like this. It is said that the fortune teller was really surprised when he watched Zeng Guofan go far: Is it a blessing or a curse to judge in disguise? While I was thinking, a man riding a burly horse and wearing silk and satin came to the booth with two followers. As soon as the man got off the horse, he shouted, "get out of the way, uncle, I want to read." Before the fortune teller could speak, he grabbed the brush on the table, drew a "human" on the paper, and then threw the pen on the paper.

The fortune teller glanced at the bearer and sneered, "Boy, don't be so cruel here. Go back and wait on your master. " . Although you are reckless and rude, be careful that your master will give you a hard time. Seeing that the fortune teller had exposed him, the man felt ashamed and left with his entourage. Less than an hour later, a man in his thirties came to the booth. Although this man is well dressed, his face is gloomy, his eyes are dull and his behavior is obscene. The fortune teller asked someone to measure the words, so he handed him a writing brush to write on paper.

I haven't read a book, and I can't write. Can I dictate? 〞

What words are you going to test? Ask what? "Asked the fortune teller. I want to test the word' people' and ask if my luck is good or bad now. The fortune teller nodded and said to the man, "According to your report just now, you are still in prison. Hearing this, the bearer was surprised and quickly turned away.

As dusk approached, the fortune teller was about to close up and go home when a thin old man came over. The old man claimed to be the young master of Zeng's family and said that Mr. Zeng had invited Mr. Wang to your home to chat. The fortune teller seems to be harmless, thinking that "it is a blessing, not a curse, but a curse cannot be avoided", so he followed the touts to Zeng Guofan's mansion. In the study, Zeng Guofan smiled and said to the fortune teller: "This official went to the gentleman's pavilion to measure the words this morning. How did that gentleman see his identity? " "The fortune teller bowed and replied," I'm poor, but I'm not surprised if I say it. When the adults came to inspect the characters, I saw that the adults were magnificent and distinguished, and they had paid some respects. The word' person' written by adults is strong and powerful, and it is a widely praised' Zeng Ti'. The pen rolled down the character, which coincides with the meaning of' adult'. Judging from the adult's accent, he must be one of the four ministers in Hunan, Zeng, Zuo, Peng and Hu. According to the age of an adult and the description of his appearance, we are sure that he is an adult. Zeng Guofan listened and nodded. He added: "Later, two people came to Mr. Wang's booth to test the word' Ren'. To tell the truth, I appointed them all. One is the owner of the government, and the other is a prisoner in prison. I want to know how Mr. Wang sees through them. " The fortune teller replied, "Although the master is well dressed and has an entourage behind him, he is rude, uneducated and his handwriting is crooked, so he is by no means a scholar or an official." Then put the pen on the paper, and the paper just stands in the middle of the herringbone, forming a' small' word, which is a metaphor for the humble origin of the bearer, and draws the conclusion that he is a slave in the government yamen. As for the prisoner, the villain saw that he was listless and expressionless, and there were two policemen staring at him in the distance, so he speculated that he was a prisoner in custody. Besides, this person can't write, but only dictate the word "Ren". Putting people in your mouth is not a word' prisoner', so you can make a judgment based on it. Zeng Guofan listened and secretly admired the fortune teller's observation and analysis ability. Zeng Guofan has always been a person who loves talents. Seeing that the fortune teller is very clever, I left him in the house and became a diner.