In the costume drama, there is always a fortune teller on the street who is like a god, and in ancient China, there were not many famous Xiangshi, and the "Push back map" jointly written by Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang of the Tang Dynasty is the first strange book of Chinese prophecy, but today we want to talk about the Xiangshi of the Sui Dynasty: Zhang Qiu Taiyi.
Zhang Qiu Taiyi became famous at the age of 7, known as a prodigy, but he did not like fame and fortune, idle at home to read a lot of books, in Buddhism and Taoism have research, sometimes to the street to give people "fortune telling", each time the prediction is very accurate, gradually Zhang Qiu Taiyi's reputation spread far and wide, many people deliberately rushed to find Zhang Qiu Taiyi fortune telling.
But Zhang Qiu Taiyi only wanted to live his own small life leisurely, and seeing so many people come to him to tell fortunes, he felt overwhelmed, so he went up Mount Wutai to teach his disciples around him about his studies, and on weekdays he also studied Buddhist scriptures and collected medicinal materials, and his life was very happy.
However, the reputation of Zhang Qiu Taiyi still spread to the palace, and the crown prince Yang Yong heard that Zhang Qiu Taiyi was like a god, so he summoned Zhang Qiu Taiyi into the palace, Zhang Qiu Taiyi was reluctant to enter the palace, and also predicted that Yang Yong would not become an emperor in the future, but Yang Yong was still the prince at this time, and Zhang Qiu Taiyi could not afford to provoke, so he had to enter the palace.
Later, Yang Yong was indeed deposed, Zhang Qiu Taiyi was a person close to Yang Yong, who was originally executed, but Emperor Yang Jian of Sui felt that Zhang Qiu Taiyi was knowledgeable and had great achievements in staying around, so he left Zhang Qiu Taiyi around, and Yang Jian did not believe that Zhang Qiu Taiyi really said a quasi, and waited for Zhang Qiu Taiyi to make a mistake.
However, Zhang Qiu Taiyi's mistakes rarely appeared, although his eyes were blind, but he could learn by touching the words with his hands, which showed that he was a god man, and in the summer of the fourth year of Renshou (604), Yang Jian planned to leave the palace and go to Renshou Palace to escape the summer and live a cool life.
At this time, Zhang Qiu Taiyi ran out, and kindly advised Yang Jian not to leave the palace, But Yang Jian did not listen, and Zhang Qiu Taiyi had to say truthfully: "The minister is foolish and dares to make words, but I am afraid that I will not return from luan." That is to say, if Emperor Yang Jian of Sui insisted on leaving this time, then he would not be able to come back, and Emperor Wen of Sui would die.
After hearing this, Emperor Wen of Sui thought that Zhang Qiu Taiyi was cursing his own death, which was a great disrespect, so he ordered someone to imprison Zhang Qiu Taiyi in Chang'an Prison, and angrily said: "Return to the palace and behead you." Emperor Wen of Sui wanted to prove that Zhang Qiu Taiyi's prophecy was actually not accurate at all, and it was precisely through this matter that he killed Zhang Qiu Taiyi's sharp qi.
Zhang Qiu Taiyi did not panic after he was imprisoned, and only said: "The emperor will not come back when he goes out." Sure enough, Emperor Wen of Sui fell ill after arriving at Renshou Palace, so he thought of Zhang Qiu Taiyi's words, so he summoned the prince before his death and asked the prince to treat Zhang Qiu Taiyi well.
After Yang Guang ascended the throne, he attached great importance to Zhang Qiu Taiyi and gave him the name "Lu", so Zhang Qiu Taiyi was also called Lu Taiyi.