Chapter 36: Application Scenarios of Xiao Liu Ren
Last week, I discussed Xiao Liu Ren with Chunlai. Chunlai still had some questions, so I explained them to him.
Chunlai asked: [Does this kind of divination necessarily use the lunar calendar?]
Yes. Because it uses the twelve Earthly Branches.
I read your latest novel, and a reader said he's going to take an exam at 10:00 a.m. on a certain day of a certain month. According to your algorithm, he's "lingering," meaning he's worried about his mediocre test scores.
I laughed and said, "It seems you don't fully understand it either. Let me explain the principles of divination to you."
Divination is subjective, a form of precaution for the future. For example, last night, a friend in the group asked about opening a health club at 10:00 AM on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month next year. She did some calculations and didn't think it would be a good outcome. She asked me what to do.
I calculated it like this: 6 (months) + 6 (days) + 6 (hours) = 18
18-2=16.
16 divided by 6=2-----remainder 4.
4 represents Chikou.
This was of course not a good idea, so I suggested that she open the museum between 7 and 9 o'clock.
So it is: 6 (month) + 6 (day) + 5 (hour) = 17
17-2=15.
15 divided by 6=2-----remainder 3.
3 represents quick joy.
Well, the result is good.
Chun said, "I understand. This divination technique is to choose a day for calculation. If it's not good, change the time."
I said, "Yes, that's not good. You can change the month, the day, or the hour. You can change all of them, or just one or two of them.
This is called active divination and calculation.
For those who are taking the test above, you cannot use the Xiao Liu Ren method for divination.
Chunlai asked: "Why?"
I said, "That's objective and unchangeable time. The exam time is set by others, like the time when the exam starts on a certain day of a certain month. You can't decide that at all."
If the result of the test is [lingering], then wouldn't all the people who took the test with him get mediocre scores?"
Chunlai understood. He concluded:
[Liu Ren divination involves proactively calculating a future event. If the result is unfavorable, the date and time are adjusted to achieve a better result.]
I nodded and said, "It can also be used to calculate things that have already happened."
Then I give an example:
For example, a person loses a...
Just as I was saying this, someone came in and said that her pet dog was lost and she wanted to test whether she could find it.
I said to Haru, "Look, just when I was about to give an example, it came to me."
I said: "Today is the 27th day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar, and the current time is 10:00 AM. When searching for lost items, the time of the visitor should be used as the divination time."
So, Chunlai calculated on paper. He calculated in front of the woman. It didn't matter anyway, she didn't know the rules, and she hadn't read my novels.
10+27+6 (the time is Si) = 43.
43-2=41.
41 divided by 6=6…remainder 5.
After finishing the calculation, Chunlai wrote: Da'an - Liulian - Suxi - Chikou - Xiaoji.
I said to the woman, "Congratulations, your dog will come back. Just wait a few days."
The woman wanted to pay according to the rules. Chun said: "Add me on WeChat and transfer the money to me when you come back."
After the girl left, Chun said, "I understand. If you've lost something, you can use divination. I remember when I was a kid, there was a fortune teller in our area. Whenever he lost something, he could tell the direction it was lost just by counting on his fingers."
I nodded.
"Master, can you teach me?"
I said, "First, understand what you're learning and calculate it accurately. I'll teach you later. Later, I'll also teach you how to calculate when a person will get into college, when they'll leave home, and when they'll get promoted. I can calculate all the major turning points in life."
Chunlai's eyes widened.
After a long time, he asked, "Are you using this method?"
"Yes. I said to him with great confidence:
"I, Wan Shanhong, have traversed the world of ancient and modern scholarship, but I have only one thing to be proud of: my refusal to believe in superstition. I have only extracted the essence of those ancient methods. I have invented my own numerical method."
Chunlai said, "I absolutely believe in Master."
As the New Year is getting closer, Tomato gave me the permission to continue writing 100,000 words, but only about 10,000 words are left.
In the remaining space, I will write a few more words to thank countless readers for their positive comments on this book.
Due to time constraints, I rarely reply to readers. I only reply occasionally. However, I know that I am not only writing novels, but also doing academic research.
I can definitely make it work with numbers, stories, and readers, but my conscience won't let me.
Believe me, anything produced by Ball Day is a masterpiece.
I will talk to you about the next 10,000 words: 2024.
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