In "Journey to the West", the Tathagata Buddha is not only "able to understand the affairs of the universe" and "know everything in the universe", but also "can understand the types of the universe". As soon as the Buddha opens his mouth, he will visit the heaven and the underworld. , Guanyin Bodhisattva and other "hard-to-identify" six-eared macaques, they can identify them clearly, as if every stillness and movement of all things in the three realms are caught in their Dharma eyes.
And predicting the future does not seem to be anything new to the gods. For example, the mysterious Zen Master Wuchao was able to predict the "many demons and foxes" that Tang Monk would encounter in the future when he was seeking scriptures. The city was full of elves. , the demon lord lives in the mountain. The tiger sits in the piano hall, the wolf is the master, the lion and the elephant are kings, and the tigers and leopards are the masters." Explain these tribulations clearly to Sun Wukong.
Not only gods can do it, but monsters can also predict the future as long as they are born with spirituality. For example, the six-eared macaque is "good at listening to sounds, able to discern, know before and after, and everything is clear."
As a mortal, Mr. Yuan Shoucheng, a fortune teller in Chang'an City, can actually "see future events and past events like a moon mirror; several families are prosperous and several families are in ruins, and they are like gods. He knows the bad luck and determines the good fortune, and he can predict death." "Yansheng."
In a rain bet with the Jinghe Dragon King, the governor of Jingweibahe, who was in charge of Chang'an's rain, Yuan Shoucheng predicted that "tomorrow there will be clouds at midnight, thunder at noon, and rain at noon." "The rain has not stopped yet, and the water reaches three feet, three inches and forty-eight points." This was exactly the same number of hours when the Dragon King of Jinghe River suddenly received the Jade Emperor's decree from the golden-robed warrior.
After the Jinghe Dragon King deliberately "changed the time and defeated the points" in order to win the bet, Yuan Shoucheng actually calculated that the Jinghe Dragon King "violated the Jade Emperor's edict" and chopped up the Dragon Platform. "It may be inevitable to be stabbed", and "tomorrow at three o'clock at noon, I should go to Cao Guan Wei Zheng to be beheaded." This is the same as the "Golden Edict" sent to Wei Zheng by the Jade Emperor's immortal envoy.
Yuan Shoucheng is just an ordinary fortune teller. How can he accurately predict what the Jade Emperor will do?
"Journey to the West" does not explain much about Yuan Shoucheng's background. It only says that he "was the uncle of Mr. Yuan Tiangang, the emperor of the imperial court at that time."
Who is the Qin Tian Supervisor Yuan Tiangang who is responsible for observing celestial phenomena, calculating solar terms, and formulating calendars? An astronomer, astrologer, and forecaster in the early Tang Dynasty.
Yuan Tiangang had three major prediction events in his life, making him a shining pearl in the field of prediction.
Firstly, he once saw Wu Zetian who was still in his infancy wearing a boy's clothes, and he said that Wu Zetian "has dragon eyes and a phoenix neck, which is extremely valuable! If she were a woman, she would be treated as the emperor." And this happened Secondly, he and Li Chunfeng were searching for a geomantic treasure land for Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty to build a mausoleum. The two went in opposite directions, each looking for a place. Li Chunfeng buried a piece of money given by the emperor as a mark, and Yuan Tiangang inserted a jade phoenix hairpin given by Wu Zetian into his hole as a mark. When Emperor Gaozong inspected it, Yuan Tiangang's phoenix hairpin happened to be inserted into the money hole where Li Chunfeng buried the coin. This place is the Qianling Mausoleum in Liangshan, and it is also the best-preserved imperial mausoleum in China; thirdly, Yuan Tiangang and his disciples Li Chunfeng co-authored a book of predictions that combines astrology and the Book of Changes. It is said that Li Chunfeng used it to predict the fate of the Tang Dynasty, and actually predicted the changes of more than a thousand years after the Tang Dynasty. If it is not enough, it is better to push back and go home." Only give up when "the secret of heaven cannot be revealed again." This is the "Tuibei Diagram" that can clearly understand the situation of the world.
Of course, there are also legends that Yuan Tiangang was the son of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian. He was raised by the Yuan family only because Queen Dugu was acting in her own way and wanted to kill his mother. Later, he studied martial arts in Mount Emei and became his disciples successively under Li Chunfeng's father, Li Bo, and the king of medicine, Sun Simiao. He became a master of astronomy, geography, medicine, divination and astrology.
Nephew Yuan Tiangang is so different from ordinary people, uncle Yuan Shoucheng should be more outstanding. However, there is indeed Yuan Tiangang in history, but there is no Yuan Shoucheng who can predict the motives of the Jade Emperor.
The purpose of setting up the virtual character Yuan Shoucheng in "Journey to the West" is to become a bridge connecting the Dragon King of Jinghe River and Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. Using gambling as a trigger, the Dragon King of Jinghe River changed his mind due to private reform. During the rain, Wei Zheng killed the dragon in his dream and told the Dragon King of Jinghe that he would be safe if he searched for Tang Taizong. As a result, Tang Taizong promised to rescue but failed and left the underworld. After returning to the sun, he decided to hold a land and water conference to push Tang Monk to the stage of seeking scriptures.
Can Yuan Shoucheng predict the various edicts of the Jade Emperor? Is Yuan Shoucheng really that amazing? Did he really ignore the ancient divination rule that heaven's secrets should not be revealed? Lao Song felt that as long as Guanyin Bodhisattva was in Chang'an, everything would become magical. After all, the result is what she wants most, and she is the final winner.
After Yuan Shoucheng completed his rivalry with the Dragon King of Jinghe, he disappeared into the world of Journey to the West, just like Zen Master Wuchao.
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