The fortune teller met a friend in the toilet and said that we were dying
Fortune-telling is an esoteric science, and it is said that those who are good at fortune-telling are able to perceive the good fortune and evil of heaven and earth, and even predict the future. In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhuge Liang used the seven-star lamp to extend his life, but Wei Yan's intrusion caused the seven-star lamp to go out, and finally Zhuge Liang fell ill and died.
Decades later, a fortune teller is bumped into in the toilet by a friend, who suddenly sighs and predicts that the two of them are coming to the end of their lives. What's going on?
During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the national policy of "a hundred schools of thought contend, Confucianism is the only one" was established, but the doctrines of divination, yin and yang, medicine, immortal magic, immortality, and alchemy have not completely disappeared.
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Daoling, a native of Sichuan, integrated various theories and founded Taoism, and since then he has taught apprentices from all directions and preached Taoism. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, Confucianism was no longer convincing to the public, and the Taoist power of preaching immortality and attaining immortality increased greatly, and believers spread all over all social strata.
In the Jin Dynasty, the country was reunified, and the wind of talking about mysteries was popular throughout the country. At this time, the vague Taoist teachings became classics, and the number of monks increased dramatically. The upper nobles were keen to refine the elixir, while the lower people sought spiritual comfort by asking for signs and hexagrams.
Fortune tellers attracted attention from all walks of life with their metaphysical knowledge and eloquence in this era, and won a high social status. Guo Pu is one of them.
Guo Pu was born in a family of eunuchs, and his father was a powerful eunuch. In that era when there were no imperial examinations, young people mainly relied on filial piety and honesty to enter the ranks, so the children of official eunuchs enjoyed a lot of advantages, but they did not attach importance to Confucianism, but devoted their leisure time and financial resources to the study of Taoist metaphysics.
Guo Pu was widely praised in the upper class for his brilliant talents, his love of reading, and his ability to study the Yin and Yang arithmetic and calendar arithmetic, as well as his mastery of divination, astronomy, and the five elements of Yin and Yang.
Legend has it that he met Hu Mengkang when he passed through Lujiang County. After observing Hu Mengkang, he suggested that he move to Jiangnan as soon as possible. Although Hu Mengkang knew Guo Pu's reputation and believed in metaphysics, he was in a state of pride in his career at that time, and was carried away by fame and fortune.
He was lucky enough to think he would be able to stay where he was.
Guo Pu's talent for the gods was not really the power of ghosts and gods, but he was well versed in the current situation and accurately foresaw the fall of the Jin Dynasty and the invasion of the Hu people in the north. He chose to join the government during the period of Wuhu Chaohua, breaking the rule of the Jin Dynasty and changing his life.
When he first arrived in Jiangnan, in the face of the turbulent situation, he resolutely decided to help Sima Rui become emperor. However, due to Sima Rui's royal background and lack of strength, the southern scholars did not obey him, among which the Wang family was the most powerful.
In order to solve this problem, Sima Rui used the power of the Wang family to make "the king and the horse share the world" into the situation at that time. However, the formation of this situation also led to the coveting of the throne of the Jin Dynasty by members of the royal family.
Wang Dao and Wang Dun controlled the government, making Sima Rui a puppet emperor. All this shows the human wisdom and historical insight behind Guo Pu's talent.
Guo Pu, whose name is Jingchun, was a famous warlock in the Eastern Jin Dynasty of China. It is said that he once divined for Wang Dao, who was in power at that time, and predicted that he would suffer from thunder and lightning, and that he needed to walk dozens of miles west to find a cypress tree, cut off a branch of the same height as himself, and put it in a sleeping place.
Soon after, Director Wang was indeed struck by lightning, and Guo Pu became famous and became a hot figure among the elite. However, the magnates came to his door, gave him a lot of money, and asked him to tell his fortune for himself.
If Guo Pu understands the truth of "when the moon is full, it will be lost", he should choose to retreat bravely from the rapids, cultivate his self-cultivation, and continue to study his metaphysics. But after all, he is still an ordinary man, and he is inevitably involved in mundane things in the red dust, and in the end he gave his life in vain.
It is said that Guo Pu once told his fortune that unless someone saw him in the toilet, he would be able to live to the end of his life. Therefore, he is very careful on weekdays, and he has to go home to the toilet no matter what.
His toilet is very secluded, located at the back of the house, with heavy sliding doors that prevent outsiders from entering. Guo Pu died because of his words, which is regrettable.
However, his story also tells us that in the pursuit of fame and fortune, people often lose themselves and neglect their own safety and health. We should cherish life, cultivate self-cultivation, and pursue true happiness and satisfaction.
Our time of death is near. Although Huan Yi knew Guo Pu's divine calculation, when he saw his lost soul, he didn't go to his heart, just smiled. Although Guo Pu is superb in fortune-telling, this kind of thing is not a hundred shots after all, and he continues his work with a fluke mentality.
Eventually, his prophecy was fulfilled in Wang Dun's rebellion, and Huan Yi, who had broken his taboo, escaped Wang Dun's rebellion but was killed in another rebellion.
These two friends used their lives to confirm Guo Pu's fortune-telling skills, which made people sigh at the impermanence of fate.