The origins of divination poems are closely connected with planchette writings, but following the fashion for poetry in the Tang dynasty and the invention of woodblock carving in the Song, they gradually lost their air of mystery and became a rich and lively part of everyday life.
籤詩的起源原來與乩語有密切關係，但經過唐朝詩風的洗禮和宋朝木刻印刷術的發明後，隱秘色彩漸漸褪去，豐富活潑地走進三教九流的生活世界。