Prophecy is a kind of argot made up by wizards and alchemists in Qin and Han Dynasties.
An omen of good or bad luck.
A written catalogue of predictions about future events.
A book that predicts future events.
Divination books and weft books are collectively referred to. A popular superstition in Han Dynasty. Based on the myth of the ancient river map in the Western Han Dynasty and Luo Shu's and Dong Zhongshu's theory of the induction between man and nature, the accidental phenomena in nature are mystified and regarded as the decisive factor of social stability. It prevailed at the end of the Western Han Dynasty and declined at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
A superstitious person refers to a word predicted in advance and fulfilled afterwards. Don't trust English.
In short, a (bad) sentence is right, that is, "unfortunate words" (unlucky things, like swearing).
Poetry prophecy refers to a poem that inadvertently predicts what will happen later. For example, the sources of some rumors are very strange. They were all done by the parties themselves, but they foreshadowed events that were unfavorable to the parties, but the parties didn't know it at that time. These rumors are called "poetic prophecy" and "linguistic prophecy". The most famous prophetic poem was written by Emperor Yang Di of Sui Dynasty. He dug a canal and went down to Yangzhou by phoenix. One day, he suddenly got a poem: "on March 3, when I arrived at the head of the river, I saw the carp waves going against the current." I'm going fishing, and I'm afraid the dragon will come back to rest. " This poem is inferior, but Emperor Yang sent a musician to make the accompanying ladies sing in chorus. Yang-ti was very proud of this song, but the knower was shocked by it. At that time, Li Yuan had gradually become a force, and the word carp and plum was homophonic, so the poem had the meaning of Li Yuan turning into a dragon. In addition, Emperor Yang once wrote a wine song, saying that "there are swallows flying in the palace, and the rise and fall have become sad since ancient times. It is better to be fascinated by the building tomorrow and the palace is full of flames. " This poem can hardly be called a poem, because the whole poem not only lacks logic, but also has no image, and even has nothing to do with the theme of "looking for wine". However, every time Yang-ti drinks and has fun in Fanlou, he will let the imperial secretary sing this song, and he seems to appreciate his crooked poems. Later, Li Yuan arrived in the capital, Yang-ti committed suicide by hiding in the lost building, and Tang Bing set fire to the lost building, which should be the last two sentences of the poem.