"Word measurement" was originally a kind of "word game" of the ancient literati, and later gradually evolved into being able to "predict auspiciousness". In the Qing Dynasty, "word measurement" reached its peak, and to this day, we can still see some "fortune tellers" in "word measurement". The reason why "word measurement" has a great influence is mainly because it is appreciated by both elegant and customary, playing "word tricks" is the hobby of the literati, and uncultured people have an instinctive worship of the literati who read books. "Mr. Word-Measuring" just appears in the form of a literati.
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In addition, "word measurement" has a relatively fixed stall, there are things to find convenient, not to "face", "fortune telling", liquidity, there are things that may not be encountered. Like jia baoyu's "psychic treasure jade" in "Dream of the Red Chamber", the first thing that comes to mind is to "measure words". That time it was the housekeeper "Lin Zhixiao" who tested it, and picked up a "reward" word, and the "word surveyor" said that "Tongtian Baoyu" was in the "pawnshop", because the words "reward" and "dang" were both headed by the word "Shang". As a result, the Jia family searched all the "pawnshops" and did not find them, which can be said to be a mockery of "word measurement".
There are nine most commonly used methods for measuring words: "loading the head", "wearing the heart", "taking the foot", "wrapping the cage", "cracking", "adding pen", "subtracting pen", "checking", "picking words" and so on. This is the most basic and the most used "word measurement" method. The nine basic methods can also be summarized into five, namely the five methods of "demolition", "increase", "subtraction", "exchange" and "borrowing".
First, the "word breaking method"
According to the structural characteristics of Chinese characters, the whole of a word can be decomposed into various parts, which may be words or just strokes. For example, the word "spring" can be "broken" into "three", "eight", "day", of which "eight" can also be written as "person". The traditional character "expensive" can be disassembled into "middle", "one", "eye", and "person". If an ancient reader asked with the word "expensive" whether he could pass the exam? "Mr. Word Tester" can say to this person: Only you can pass this exam, why? Because there are three words in this "expensive" word, "middle, one, and person", it is said that only you can pass the test.
After a while, another one-eyed reader came to ask about the exam, and also wrote a "expensive" word, "Mr. Word Tester" said to him: This time no one else can take the exam, only you can get it, why? Because the word "expensive" is taken apart is "in the eye of the person".
Second, "extraordination"
The so-called "addition method" is to add strokes or words to the original word and become another word, such as the word "brother" becomes "ke" and "exchange"; the word "early" becomes "chapter" and "grass"; this is called "loading head". Add a stroke under the original word, and the "standing" sub becomes "sound", "child"; the word "thousand" becomes "show", "壬", etc.; this is called "pick-up foot". There are also "cages", such as "shell" words become "legacy", "lost" words become "knowing" become "crazy" and so on.
Third, "subtraction"
The so-called "subtraction" is to subtract part of the original word and make it into another word, such as the word "Shen" can become "Tian", "Jia", "By"; the word "哉" can become "soil", "mouth", "Ge".
IV. "Word Transliteration"
"Word transposition" is the transformation of part of a word, making it into another word. Legend has it that there was a "female Taoist" who measured the word "Xie Shi" for the founder of the word measurement, and "Xie Shi" asked him to measure the word "stone". The "female Taoist monk" said: "Shi" cannot ask for "name" because it is not a "name"; if you want the emperor to "summon" to be an official, you can't get it, because he is not the word "summoned". The word "stone" when it encounters the word "skin" is the word "broken", and the word "pawn" is "broken". Finally, "Daogu" said to "Xie Shi": It seems that you can only run to the rivers and lakes to eat by "measuring words", and when you encounter the avoidance point of the soldiers, be careful of "breaking". This is the "word transliteration" in "word measurement".
Fifth, "borrowing words"
"Borrowing" is to borrow the strokes of other words and make them into new words. It is said that a reader who is proficient in "word measurement" has passed the examination room and immediately asked a "Mr. Word Measurement" to "measure words" for him to see if he can pass the examination this time. This reader clicked one", ", please "Mr. Word Measurement" test. "Mr. Word Measurement" looked at it for half a day, and finally said to this person: The test cannot be taken. This reader who was proficient in "word measurement" was not convinced, and said to "Mr. Word Measurement": I am writing", "He is the beginning of the word "Wen", and should be the first of the article. "Mr. Word-Measuring" said: "You this one", ", want to become the first of the "text", in fact, it is only the end of "waiting". Writing the word "wen" and "the first stroke", and writing the word "etc." he is the last stroke. If you test this before the exam", "then you are the head of the article, but after the exam you will test this", ", isn't it the end of "etc.". This little story is about the "borrowing method" in "word measurement".
This small story also broke the truth of "measuring the number of words" from a certain side, the same is", "Mr. Word Measurement" to say that this person can pass the test, just say that it is "the first of the text", if you want to say that this person can not pass the test, say that it is "the end of the wait". Take or not, all by the mouth of "Mr. Word-Measuring".
Word Measurement Secret Technique "Guan Mei Method"
In the "word measurement technique", there is also a kind of "Guan Mei Method", which is to explain according to the meaning of a word itself and use it to predict the "auspiciousness" of things.
The so-called "meaning of the word itself" here is not the "annotation" of the text in the text reference book, but the "misinterpretation" made by "Mr. Word Measurement" through infinite extension. For example, the word "heaven", it can be "the sea is wide and the sky is high, free and free", the so-called "the sea is wide with fish leaping, the sky is high and the birds fly". It can also be "empty and empty of everything." That is, the poor have nothing left, nothing. To say that he symbolizes wealth is to have all that is "heaven and earth." Another example is the word "gold", which can be more precious than anything, but "gold" can commit suicide, that is, "swallow gold and die".
The "words" that "Mr. Surveyor" uses for people to "pick up" are carefully studied, and each word has its duality, even multiplicity, and can make a variety of additions and subtractions. For example, the word "cause" can be broken down into "one", "person", and "mouth". To say that it is not good is to say that it is "in the mouth of the people" and is a "prisoner", which is "bad luck" and even "the disaster of prison". Ask about the business situation, it can also be said that it is not good, "because" in the middle of another "|" It's a "sleepy" word. And if we want to say that the word "cause" is good, we can say that the word "heart" is added below the word "cause", that is, "grace descends from heaven" and "noble people help".
If the person who asks for "word measurement" throws out the word "one", then any word can be formed by "addition and subtraction", and "Mr. Word Measurement" can be played at will. Someone asked about the condition with the word "one," and "Mr. Word-Measuring" said: I am afraid that this disease will not be good, because "one" is the end of "life" and the beginning of "death." Writing the word "life", "one" is the last stroke, and writing the word "death", "one" is the first stroke. This person who asked for "word measurement" was frightened by him, and sent more money to "Mr. Word Measurement", begging him to think of a way, "Mr. Word Measurement" took the money, thought about it, and said: This disease can also be good, just this year, this year is the Year of the Ox, "Cow" plus "one" is the word "life".
Taking the word "cause" as an example, if you ask about marriage, it can be said that "marriage is hopeless", because the word "mouth" can represent a "home", and there is only "one person" in the family. The same is the word "cause", which can also be said to be "happy marriage", adding a "female" word to the word "cause" will not become the "marriage" word of marriage!
Another example is the word "帛", which can be said to be the head of the "emperor" and the tail of the "emperor", and is the "face of the emperor". It can also be said that you want to call "emperor" tailless, want to call "emperor" headless. It is also possible to split the word "帛" into "white" and "scarf", which in ancient times was a person of "cloth clothes", which means never to think of "being an official".
Looking at the above situation, it is not difficult to see that the structure of the word is arbitrarily dismantled, and after it is dismantled, it is an arbitrary combination of additions and subtractions, plus the right to interpret is in the hands of "Mr. Word Measurement", there is no "auspicious misfortune" to speak of, and "Mr. Word Measurement" can say whatever he wants. It is said that Emperor Huizong of Song used the word "ask" to call it "Xie Shi", and Xie Shi said: "The question word looks like a junxiang." The traditional word "ask" is removed from the right half, which is exactly the word "jun". If a "Taoist" or "monk" tests the word "ask," it can be said that "although the door is large, there is only one mouthful."
In addition, if the structure of the word is really difficult to make an article, you can also use the "five elements of mutual restraint and mutual generation" to make an article. In this way, there can be endless "ghost words", and the relationship between the strokes of the characters and the "five elements" is: "vertical wood", "horizontal earth", "hook gold", "point water", "quhuo". In addition to the "Five Elements", there are also "Six Gods", namely "Green Dragon", "White Tiger", "Suzaku", "Xuanwu", "Snake", "Gou Chen" and so on. In short, the more mysterious and complex it is, the wider the world of "Mr. Word-Measuring" nonsense.
People have a hunting psychology, especially those who believe in "measuring words" and "counting words", the hunting psychology is heavier than the average person, he tested ten times, nine times is not right, he does not publicize, once coincidentally, he publicizes it, and likes to exaggerate, which invisibly also plays a role in fueling this form of "word measurement" and has become his "volunteer propagandist".
I would like to add that the gentleman who sets up a street stall in the jianghu to "measure words" basically does not ask the guests to write or say a word by themselves, so that if the other party is illiterate, it is not easy to get it. I am even more afraid that the words spoken by the other party are words that are not familiar or unknown to "Mr. Word Measurement", and will produce "foreign appearances".
Street "word-measuring stalls" always have dozens of words, asking the other party to choose one of them, saying that the selected word is the other party's "auspicious and evil fortune". The combination of these dozens of words, "Mr. Word Measurement" has been practiced as early as the apprenticeship, which can be described as foolproof. In case the other party asks something special, it is difficult to start on the selected word, you can also choose the "time" of the other party, or the "direction" of the other party's home, through the "heavenly dry and earth branch" and "east, west, south and north" and "yin and yang five elements", so that you can be imaginative, talk freely, and can always be invincible.
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