The divination strip itself is chosen as follows: if the pot of strips is small, one shakes them up and down, or back and forth at an angle, and the strip which falls out or the one which projects highest is the one to choose; with a larger set of strips one should lift up the whole bundle and let them fall back into the pot, then pick the highest one.
取籤的訣竅是，小的籤筒捧起來上下或斜式搖晃，以掉出來或最高的籤條算數，大籤筒則將籤條整束抱起來放開下擲，取最高的一隻。