Yang Hou, a legendary figure of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was well versed in occult arts and could accurately predict the general trend of the world. And these skills of his are all derived from the family's ancestral secret arts. According to records, long before Yang Hou's grandfather Yang Chunqing was alive, this secret art was already in the hands of the Yang family. Later, Yang Chunqing became a general of Gongsun Shubu and died while fighting the Han army, which passed on the secret art to his son Yang Tong.
Yang Tong, who had just received the Family Secret Technique, did not know how to use these techniques. Therefore, he first came to Qianwei (犍為, in present-day Leshan, Sichuan) to learn basic metaphysics from Zhou Xun, and then went to Zheng Boshan to learn the Book of Heluo and the art of astronomical pushing. In the end, Yang Tong finally mastered the family secret art with what he had learned.
At first, when Yang Tong was making Pengcheng County Order, the prefecture and county suffered from drought. In order to solve this problem, Yang Tong began to implement the art of yin and yang dissipation, and it was really heavenly nectar. After Taishou heard the news, he quickly invited Yang Tong over and asked him to ask for rain for other counties. As a result, every time Yang Tong went to a county, he could even ask for rain and succeed.
After this incident, Yang Tong made a name for himself. Later, every time the imperial court encountered a disaster, it had to ask Yang Tong for help. Yang Tong's son Yang Hou also successfully rose to the imperial court by relying on his father's reputation and family heirlooms. At that time, in order to pave the way for Yang Hou, Yang Tong could be said to have worked hard. In addition to teaching Yang Hou to learn family secrets from an early age, Yang Tong also actively sought opportunities for Yang Hou.
In the third year (109) of the first year of the Han Dynasty Emperor Yong, Taibai entered the Beidou, Luoyang sent a large flood, and the imperial court summoned Yang Tong to inquire about this matter. Yang Tongtui said that his old age was unknown and recommended his son Yang Hou to answer this matter. Empress Dowager Deng asked Yang Hou what to do, and Yang Hou replied, "Most of the princes of the princes are in The Capital Division, and there may be changes, so they should be sent back to their respective countries as soon as possible." Empress Deng acted accordingly, and the white star was really gone, and the flood receded on its own.
From then on, Yang Hou gained the trust of Empress Deng and took over Yang Tong's career and answered the disaster for the imperial court. However, Yang Hou was too young after all, and only knew how to decompose the catastrophe events, but did not understand the power struggle of the imperial court. Because it was not in line with the Empress Dowager's wishes to answer Tu Chen's affairs once, Yang Hou was dismissed from his post and went home.
After returning home, Yang Hou worked hard to study and ran to Qianwei for further study. Yang Hou decided not to mix with the affairs of the imperial court anymore and study with peace of mind. In the process of studying, zhoujun and sangong recruited him one after another, but Yang Hou all refused.
In the second year of Yongjian (127), Emperor Shun forcibly recruited Yang Hou, and he had to go to Chang'an. However, Yang Hou, who had just arrived in Chang'an, fell ill and could not go to court, so he could only write a statement about the doom of the Han Dynasty for three hundred and fifty years, and should revise the principle of reforming laws and decrees, and eliminate five things, such as eliminating disasters and differences. The imperial court therefore wrote a book of praise, ordered the tai doctor to treat him, and ordered the taiguan to reward him with sheep wine.
After recovering from his illness, Yang Hou was worshipped as a speaker.
Two years later, Yang Hou said: "There will be a great cold this summer, when there is a plague of disease and locusts!" Sure enough, there was a locust plague in the six states this year, and the epidemic also became epidemic. Then Yang Hou said, "The two sides in the northwest have military morale, and it is advisable to prepare for war on the border!" "This has also been fulfilled. In the third year of Yang Jia (134), The Western Qiang invaded Longyou. The following year, Wuhuan besieged the Liao general Geng Ye.
In the first year of Yonghe (136), Yang Hou came to Boda's prophecy again, saying: "There should be floods in the capital division, there should be fires, the three dukes should be dismissed, and the barbarians should rebel", and later they were all fulfilled. In the summer of that year, the Luoyang floods killed and injured thousands of people. In the winter, the Chengfu Hall caught fire, the Taiwei favored the spared, and the barbarians of Jingzhou and Jiaozhou invaded chengguo.
Immediately after, Yang Hou spoke again, saying, "Yin courtiers, close relatives, and concubines should be affected!" Sure enough, the adultery between Song Amu and the eunuch Li Yuan and other eunuchs was deposed, and two years later, Zhang Kui and others were ambushed for slandering the dictatorship of the general Liang Shang.
Every time Yang Hou prophecyed, it happened accurately, just like a crosser. However, although every time a disaster is about to occur, Yang Hou will present a solution to the rescue. However, because the eunuchs were in power, they did not trust Yang Hou, and these letters were intercepted by the eunuchs and had no effect.
Later, the great general Liang Ji monopolized power and sent his younger brother Liang Buzhi to Send Yang Hou carriages, horses, and pearl playthings, hoping to make friends. However, Yang Hou knew that Liang Ji could not be handed over, so he said that he had returned to his hometown after being sick. After that, Yang Hou only practiced the Art of Huang Lao at home and taught his students disciples. According to records, Yang Hou had more than three thousand named disciples alone, not to mention a bunch of unnamed disciples.