. Traditionally, the Chinese have believed in a preordained fate which rules everything from the fortunes of individuals to the rise and fall of states and nations. All were thought to be tied to the secret designs of heaven, and so all kinds of methods of divination and presagement were developed.
中國人傳統上相信天命，小至個人福禍運途，大至國家存亡氣數，均繫於冥冥天機，因而各種預卜術數紛紛出籠。