During the Three Kingdoms period, there were many strange people and strangers, these strange people were unique, proficient in divination and calculation, and tired of trying. At that time, Cao Wei had Zhu Jianping, Shu Han had Zhou Qun and Zhang Yu, and Eastern Wu had Wu Fan and Zhao Da, today I will talk about the story of Zhao Da, his talent may be above Zhu Jianping, so what interesting stories did Zhao Da leave behind?
Accurate calculations
Zhao Da was a native of Luoyang, who had studied arithmetic with Shan Fu since childhood, and he studied very seriously, coupled with his talent and wisdom, and soon became proficient in arithmetic. He was proficient in celestial phenomena and saw that there was Tianzi Qi in the southeast, so he fled the disaster to Jiangdong. At that time, many people came to him to calculate, and he calculated them one by one, and he was tired of trying.
In order to test him, some people deliberately hid something for him to guess, and he could guess instantly, and it was very accurate. Once, someone deliberately harassed him, making him guess how many locusts were flying in the air. Zhao Da said in passing, everyone felt that Zhao Da was blind after listening to it, and they were suspicious, so Zhao Da asked them to bring small beans and sprinkled them in the middle of the banquet, Zhao Da immediately said the number of small beans, and everyone immediately counted them together, and the result was just as Zhao Da said.
Another time, Zhao Da went to visit a friend, and the friend prepared a meal for him, but there was no wine and meat. After eating, the friend said: "You suddenly came to visit, I did not prepare wine and meat, really embarrassed", Zhao Da then picked up a chopstick, placed it horizontally and vertically three times and said: "You have a fine wine altar under the east wall, and there are three pounds of venison", there were other guests at that time, Zhao Da said this, which made this friend very embarrassed, so the friend said hurriedly: "I know that you are good at calculation, in fact, it is deliberately testing you, wine and meat will come immediately", so the friend took out the wine and venison, and drank with everyone.
Later, a friend deliberately embarrassed Zhao Da, he wrote tens of thousands of numbers on the book, and put this book in the warehouse, so he came to ask Zhao Da: "How many things do I have in the warehouse?" Can you figure it out? Zhao Da immediately speculated, and then said to this friend: "These numbers do exist, but there is no real name, there is nothing in the warehouse", and this friend has since convinced Zhao Da.
Prophesy the fortunes of the Eastern Wu state
Cao Pi claimed to be the empress dowager, has always wanted to pacify Eastern Wu, he once led an army to Guangling, when the Wu people were panicked, but the Eastern Wu general Xu Sheng was very calm, he ordered the establishment of a suspicious city along the river, which was completed in one night, Cao Pi looked across the river the next day, marveled at it, thinking that Eastern Wu still had talents, and the use of troops might not win, so he ordered the withdrawal of the army.
At this time, Sun Quan looked at the Yangtze River from afar, and for a moment he was worried, so he asked Zhao Da: "How long can the Eastern Wu National Fortune last?" Zhao Da made an accurate calculation after listening to it, and then said to Sun Quan: "58 years", Sun Quan was very happy after hearing it, so he said: "Then I will not worry, it is a matter for my descendants." In fact, Eastern Wu fell in 280 AD, and the year when Cao Pi cut Wu to Guangling was 224 AD, a difference of exactly 56 years, while Zhao Da calculated 58 years, a difference of only 2 years, which shows how accurate Zhao Da's calculation is.
The coffin was opened after death
Every time Sun Quan sent troops to fight, he would ask Zhao Da to predict the auspiciousness, and each time it was very accurate. Sun Quan was surprised by this and wanted to learn the Nine Palaces Arithmetic with Zhao Da, but Zhao Da did not teach him, and Sun Quan held a grudge in his heart, so he alienated Zhao Da. Zhao Da was idle, so he calculated his fate, and the result was calculated his own death date, and finally on that day, Zhao Da really died, and his family immediately buried Zhao Da. Later, Sun Quan learned that Zhao Da had a book handed down, one was the Nine Palace arithmetic, so he ordered someone to search Zhao Da's house, but did not find it, and finally Sun Quan actually sent someone to search Zhao Da's coffin, but still did not find the Nine Palace arithmetic.
Reference: "Three Kingdoms"