Abstract:From the Bamboo and Silk manuscripts for selecting dates we can see that the wizardry of “Yu bu” had not been developed into an independent sorcery form during the warring states period and Qin Han Dynasty, It usually used to pray for trip, avoid the robber damage in travel, drive the devil to eliminate diseases, exercise to keep health and offer sacrifices to the god named “Xian nong”; The main feature of the “Fan zhi days” taboo is “contrary”, there are five “Fan zhi days” in each month; The “Tai sui” for picking auspicious things moves counterclockwise between east, north, west, and south, It revolves three times each year, mainly used to choose direction of migration and building, We can not confused this “Tai sui” with the “Tai sui” for recording the years. |