The Philosophy of Prediction

By Ethan Yet

This book will introduce methods of prediction that people in Western civilization have almost never heard of. These methods were invented by the best wise men of ancient China. Some used these methods to save their own lives or the lives of others, some used these methods to defeat their enemies without a single soldier, and some used these methods to establish themselves as wise men and become saints.
As for you, what do you want to do with these methods? It is up to you. But if you don't realize that many things can be predicted, or even that some things can be handled in this way, then of course you will do what you have done in the past. Then of course, you will be like countless people in the past, and live a life of mediocrity.
Many people have relied on religion and made a lot of money by lying about prophecies. Why is it that false prophecies based on religion are so easy to accept, while predictions based on one's own intelligence are not well known? Perhaps it is because in Western civilization, religion has a stronger restraining power that has constrained human development in prediction. Or maybe the answer doesn't matter. Especially once you have mastered the methods offered in this book, you probably won't care!
Of course, some of the methods mentioned in this book are only applicable to ancient contexts, but there are many more examples that will allow you to expand your thinking! Let you know that there are many ways to approach a certain situation! If you don't want to be confined to your own civilized world, and you want to try to make intelligent predictions yourself, then this book is for you. Then this book will be a treasure for you, it will open a door to a new world for your mind.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ethan Yet
• Release date: Sep 3, 2021
• ISBN: 9798224133949

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The Philosophy of Prediction

The prediction wisdom of the wise

Preface

The content of this book mainly introduces the wisdom of prediction by ancient Chinese wise men. This writing project is expected to include the wisdom and ability of more than 500 ancient Chinese wise men in the field of prediction. All of these are seriously lacking in western history. If you like to think, and have a deep interest in wisdom and prediction, then you should not miss this book.

Translating such a book requires a lot of money and resources, so although the entire writing project has collected the prediction stories of more than 500 wise men, and the Chinese version of the book also includes the prediction stories of more than 20 ancient wise men , But the English translation can only pick out ten of them. Therefore, many reference chapters mentioned in this book are currently untranslated. If readers are interested in the content of this book and want to watch more stories, then helping authors promote this book is the fastest way. Because as long as the book's economic income can cover the cost of translation, the author can translate more exciting prediction stories into English for the benefit of more readers.

Go has been popular in China for thousands of years, but the software that first defeated human Go masters was AlphaGo from DeepMind.

The Chinese invented artillery in the Tang Dynasty, but the first one to land on the moon was the American.

Wu Chengen wrote the Journey to the West in the Ming Dynasty, but it was Stan Lee who made the Marvel universe. (basically all the skills of Sun Wukong can be found in the capabilities of individual heroes of the Marvel universe.)

It was the Ming Dynasty Zhu Zaiyu who invented the twelfth law, but it was the German composer Bach who carried it forward and affected the entire world.

The ancient Chinese wise men ignited the flames. After the flames spread to the West, they illuminated the whole world! There may be too many examples of this kind. Maybe the created world is not good at improvement and promotion, or maybe the flame needs to be passed on to other civilizations in order to absorb the energy for its growth and prosperity!

A civilization has produced amazing wisdom results, it does not mean that other individuals of the same civilization can realize the great value of such results! The predictive wisdom and deeds of ancient Chinese wise men is one of the great treasures that have never been valued by Chinese intellectuals, just like the ancient Chinese military thought. It is hard to say what fierce sparks will erupt when Western readers begin to absorb these prediction knowledge and deeds in general! And in the age of artificial intelligence, what amazing technology or culture has been created!

All the unknown begins after the flames have been delivered. This is a book for readers who are full of imagination for the future and a book for world-class leaders. For Western readers, what this book talks about is bound to have a huge impact on your thinking!

About the author

Ethan Yet, the father of Artificial General Intelligence. I have studied the field of artificial intelligence for more than 30 years and have invented the world's fastest Chinese predictive mobile phone input method, fully automatic Chinese proofreading software, and the world's most accurate Chinese word segmentation engine.

Ji Zi

Introduction of Characters

Ji Zi, one of the 3 sages survived after Yin Dynasty (also known as Shang Dynasty), was honored as Three Rens (three benevolent figures), together with Prince Bi Gan and Wei Zi-Chi. Ji Zi was imprisoned by Emperor Zhou because he refused to live in a debauched life and indulge himself with the Emperor. No sooner had King Zhou Wu conquered Chao Ge, the capital of Shang Dynasty, the conqueror released him from the jail and enfeoffed him with a large estate in Chao Xian (Korea today), therefore, Ji Zi has become the forefather of the Korean ever since.

Bi Gan was the son of the Emperor Wen Din, the younger brother of the Emperor Di Yi, and the uncle of the Emperor Zhou. He served as the prime minister in the Shang Dynasty.

Wei Zi-chi was the son of the Emperor Di Yi and the brother of the Emperor Zhou (born by different concubines)

Zhou Gon-dan, also known as Ji Dan, the younger brother of the Emperor Zhou Wu

Tang Shu, known as Ji Yu, the 3rd son of the Emperor Zhou Wu, and the younger brother of the emperor Zhou Chen

Prophetic Examples

After Emperor Zhou starts using the chopsticks made of ivory, Ji Zi foretells the kingdom has walked toward the perishing road.

Hearing that Emperor Zhou used the ivory chopsticks, Ji Zi felt so afraid; he assumed, Using ivory chopsticks shall not be collocated with coarse potteries but (with) the cup made of rhino horn or of carved jade; ivory chopsticks and jade cups are not being used to eat beams and beam-leaf broth but to eat yak, elephant, or leopard fetus. Anyone who eats yak, elephant, or leopard fetus will not wear coarse-fabric clothes, nor enjoy such meals under the thatch. Hence, he needs many embroidery clothes, spacious houses, and lofty mounds. Desires from now on will be rambling and reaching to a level where even the whole world cannot satisfy his desires, thus, the rarities from afar, splendid cart and horse, and magnificent palace will be gradually collected and completed. I am so afraid that he (the king) will consequently walk toward the downfall of his regime.

Five years later, Emperor Zhou, just as expect, continually built the Lu Tai (deer mound) and the Qiongshi Yumen (jade house), created the Wine Pond and the Meat Forest, and set the brassware to grill meat.

Emperor Zhou kept drinking around-the-clock and had a spree day and night. He even forgot the date; when he asked his attendants, no one knew it on the very day. Thus, he dispatched his subordinates to ask Ji Zi, and Ji Zi told the king’s messenger that As a monarchy of the world, he and the national officers thereof should not know today’s date, his regime could be in dangers. No one in the whole nation knows the date but me; I think… I am in the danger too. Therefore, he told the messenger that he was so drunk and did not know the date either.

Emperor Zhou became more and more promiscuous in sexual matters. Bi Gan could not stand up and pleaded for a powerful rectification; in the event, Emperor Zhou raged and said, I have heard that the sage’s heart has seven cavities, then, he killed Bi Gan, dissect Bi Gan’s heart, and see how many cavities Bi Gan has~

Fearing for the same end, Ji Zi could only disguise himself as a lunatic and affect to act as a slave; still and all, he was imprisoned by Emperor Zhou.

The unceasing orgies finally resulted in Emperor Zhou’s regime being overturned by King Zhou Wu, and Emperor Zhou burned himself in the end. Upon conquering Chao Ge (the capital of Shang DynastyS), King Zhou Wu ordered Zhao Gon to release Ji Zi, and consulted him (Ji Zi) the way to administer a country. For Ji Zi’s able and virtuous personage, King Zhou Wu enfeoffed him with the territory of Korea, hence, Ji Zi has become one of the Korean ancestors.

Jiang Tai-gon and Zhou Gon-dan

Introduction of Characters

Jiang Tai-gon, also known as Le Ya, Le Wang, or Jiang Shang, was an outstanding minister to found the Zhou Dynasty, and one of the few dukes