p. 35

Werner Banck : Das chinesische Tempel-orakel. 1976. 1131 pp. : 55 oracle-sequences, complete texts in facsimile

p. 38

9 years later (1985) Banck published, as 2^nd vol. : (1) a complete annotated translation of sequence # 3; and (2) tabular form of 161 oracle-sequences in 852 specimens

150, n. 7

Wolfgang Bauer : Das Bild in der Weissage-Literatur Chinas. 1973. illustrations in Chinese texts

151, n. 10

Carole Morgan : Les fiches divinatoires de Huang Daxian. 1987. complete translation of this sequence and its commentaries (Huang Ta-hsien – p. 44)

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Jean-Michel de Kermadec : Les sape`ques d’or : jeux divinatoires. 1984. (= Banck’s sequence II:6)

153, n. 14

S.T. Cheung : Fortune Stick Predictions. Hong Kong, 1982. doggerel interpretation

p. 39

emerging sun: Banck’s 1, 8, 27

p. 40

allusion to oracle itself : 54, 35, 97

Bauddha : 24, 48

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contents

48

1288

Ssu-s^en C^en-c^u:n Lin-c^>ien (‘4-Sages Perfect-Lords Transcendent-Oracle’)

49 stanzas, each of 12 verses (3 quatrains). star-names in 7 7s. 4 Sages (T>ien-p>en, T>ien-yu, I-s^en, C^en-wu).

48-9

1289

Hsu:an-c^en Lin-yin Pao-c^>ien (‘Sublime-Perfect Transcendent-Response Pretious-Oracle’) related to Ta-tun Hsien-c^in (‘Great-Cavern Immortals’-Book’) for god Wen-c^>an in Sze-c^uan of southern Sun

3 c^u:an, 110 folio pages. 12 double-hours in nychthemeron, 30 stanzas to each double-hour (360 responses), + 5 for 5 phases (total 365 responses).

49

1290

Ta-tz>u Hao-s^en Chiu-t>ien Wei-fan S^en-mu Yu:an-c^u:n Lin-yin Pao-c^>ien (‘Most-Kindly Fostress-of-Life 9-Heavens Alcove-Guardianess Sage-Mother Primal-Sovereign Transcendent-Response Pretious-Oracle’)

"on the perils of offending one or another baleful star during sexual congress." quoting C^iu-t>ien Yu:-s^u Pao-c^in (‘9-Heavens Jade-Pivot Pretious-Book’).

1291

Hun-en Lin-c^i C^en-c^u:n Lin-c^>ien (Vast-Benignity Transcendent-Succour Perfect-Lords Transcendent-Oracle’) : cult of the Perfect Lords of Transcendent Succour, from Fu-c^ou

53 quatrains of 7-syllable verse in 8 folios. deified brethren Hsu: as C^in-c^>u:eh S^an-ti (‘Golden-Porte Supreme-Monarch’) & Yu:-c^>u:eh S^an-ti (‘Jade-Porte Supreme-Monarch’)

1292

Lin-c^i C^en-c^u:n C^u-s^en T>an Lin-c^>ien (‘Transcendent-Succour Perfect-Lords Infusing-Life Hall Transcendent-Oracle’)

64 responses as quatrains of 7-syllable verse (tagged by gradings of auspiciousness) in 10 folios.

49-50

1293

Fu-t>ien Kuan-s^en Ju-i Lin-c^>ien (‘Upholding-Heaven Enhancing-Sages Wish-Fulfilling Transcendent-Oracle’)

120 responses as quatrains if 4-syllable verse in 61 folio pages. interpretation & evaluation of auspiciousness.

50

1294

Hu-kuo C^ia-c^i C^ian-tun Wan Lin-c^>ien (‘State-Guardian Auspicious-Succour C^ian-tun King Transcendent-Oracle’)

100 responses as quatrains of 7-syllable verse, each set with explanation and Sage’s-Opinion, in 40 folios.

[Sch. 1304]

Kan-c^ou S^en-c^i Miao Lin-c^i Li (‘Kan-c^ou Sagely-Succour Temple Transcendent-Manifestation Rite’) in Kian-si

composed Ch.E. 1225-1227 by Fu Yeh from P>u-t>ien in Fu-kien. cult of deified S^ih Ku.

1471

Hsu:an-t>ien S^an-ti Po-tzu S^en-hao (‘Sublime-Heaven Supreme-Monarch 100-Characters [of] Sage-Appellation’)

49 responses with commentary in 56 folios.

51

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Hsu:an-t>ien S^an-ti Kan-yin Lin-c^>ien (‘Sublime-Heaven Supreme-Monarch Response Transcendent-Oracle’)

encomium to C^en-wu (‘Perfect Warrior’), the 4^th of the quartet of Sages in HY 1288.

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54

Lin-pao Tu-jen C^in (‘Transcendent-Pretious Salvation Book’)

by Hsu: S^ou-hsin (died Chr.E. 1108).

12-Perfect-Lords Oracle-Slips

12^th century Chr.E.

Tun-yu:an S^en-c^ou C^in (‘Abyssal Spirit-Spells Book’)

20 chapters : 1^st 10 from beginning of 5^th century Chr.E.; 2^nd 10 added through the 9^th century Chr.E.

54-5

the 18^th chapter of the Tun-yu:an S^en-c^ou C^in

a set of 60 stanzas foretelling "conditions, year by year, according to ... the sexagesimal cycle." 1^st 2 years in 11 verses; years 3-6 in 7 verses; years 7-9 in 9 verses.

55

C^en-kao (‘Perfecteds’ Declarations’)

composed by Yan Hsi in Chr.E. 364-370, with commentary by T>ao Hun-c^in added by Chr.E. 499

55-6

the 8^th chapter of the C^en-kao

a decodement by T>ao, involving re-arrangement of text

p. 71

Book 3 of the scripture – the names of the 36 spirits of the praecepts are listed.

25 "are named directly afterwards" as S^an S^en (‘good spirits) of the praecepts "properly speaking".

p. 72

8^th chapter – 2 " "spirit-generals" mothers" are mentioned.

p. 73

Hsieh ‘wraiths’ ("pathogens ... of disease")

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method

80

Book on Divining (T. 839), toward the end of the 6^th century Chr.E., under the patronage of Ks.iti-garbha the psychopomp : 3 sets of tops. The 1^st set of 10 tops ascertain deeds committed during one’s praevious lives. The 2^nd set of 3 tops ascertain one’s residues. The 3^rd set of 6 tops ascertain retributions to one’s self in praesent, and future lives. "A table of 189 possible outcomes is provided".

82-3

t>ou-hu (‘pitch-pot’), during the Han dynasty, "functioned as a means of divination."

83

Lun-yu: Yu:-c^u (‘Analects Jade Candle’) in a tomb of the 8^th century Chr.E. at Tan-t>u in Kian-su : 50 silver c^<ou (‘lots’), each inscribed in gold with a line from the Confucian Lun-yu: (‘Analects’), in a lidded cylindre mounted on the back of a tortoise

89-90

I-lin, traditionally ascribed to C^iao Yen-s^ou (1^st century before the Chr.E.), but more likely composed c. 25 Chr.E. by Ts>ui C^uan. "Wen I-to ... collected over one hundred poems from it".

91

Lin-c^>i C^in (‘Empowered-Draughtman Book’) HY 1035 of the Sun dynasty, using 12 round tokens thrown on a round board. 4 manuscript-fragments of this book are among the Tun-huan texts.

137

[HY 1035] "carve ... from the wood of a tree that has been struck by lightning, either catalpa wood or datewood or white sandalwood ... at twelve-day intervals : hew the pieces on a chia-tzu day, inscribe them on a ping-tzu day, incise them on a hsu:-tzu day, dust them with powdered cinnabar on a keng-tzu day, place them in a myrtle-wood box on a jen-tzu day." "The spirits are then formally invoked. They are ... the Primal Sovran, the Most High, Celestial Father and Terrestrial Mother ..."

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its content

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113-4

Bower MS. from nigh Kucha – 2 dice-oracles, the 1^st of 64 responses (all but 4 praeserved); the 2^nd also of 64 responses (merely 20 praeserved).

the 2^nd to Janardana, for the Goddess

A.F. Rudolf Hoernle : The Bower Manuscript. Calcutta, 1893-1912.

126-7

dice-oracle of 65 responses, for 3 4-sided dice

in Turkish ‘Runic’ script

J.R.A.S. 1912, pp. 181-227

138

dice-oracle of 64 answers : Mahes`vara’s Method of Divination (cf. T. 1277)

"the inquirer ... should go on casting until he got an auspicious response."

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response

126

1^st

"Son of Heaven ... sitting on a golden throne."

126

2^nd

"Way-God ... on a piebald horse."

15^th

"fog" : young bird, young deer, and child went astray.

22^nd

"A monk dropped his bell into a lake."

25^th

"two oxen were bound together with one fetter."

31^st

tigre

33^rd

"The felt is put into water."

51^st

black-eagle : in summer on green rock, in winter on red rock

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system

139

Li Lao-c^u:n C^ou-i S^ih-erh C^>ien Pu-fa (‘Plum Old-Lord C^ou-Changes 12-Sapeques Mantic Method’), having the deities Tsao-c^u:n (‘Hearth-Lord’), Pei-c^u:n (‘North-Lord’), and T>u-kun (‘Site-Master’)

140

C^ou-kun Pu-fa (‘C^ou’s-Duke’s Divining-Method’)

K>un-tzu Ma-t>ou Pu-fa (‘Confucius’ Horse-Head Divining-Method’), by Lin Hsiao-kun in the Sui dynasty (end of 6^th century Chr.E.)

Kuan Kun-min Pu-fa by Kuan Lo (in the 3^rd century Chr.E.)

1^st

duke of C^ou

2^nd

Confucius

3^rd

poe:t-statesman C^>u Yu:an

4^th

immortal C^>ih Sun-tzu

5^th

tyrants C^ieh & C^ou

6^th

king of Yu:eh

7^th

sage C^ieh Tzu-t>ui

8^th

T>ai-kun