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Unearthed in Heishui city "sixty-four divinatory symbols of poesy" is a Najia method of divination based divination book. It inherited the "divination method founded by Jingfang’s biography", also has its own distinct characteristics, embodies the Xixia society ethos and customs. It predict into "song","praise"," poesy", other literary forms and many historical figures, and the combination of these materials are different from the traditional interpretation of the individual to Gua, these explanations and extended properties tend to divination. In the process of the actual, the good or bad results are able to help the diviner with the presumption. This article thinks,"sixty-four divinatory symbols of poesy" has the following value:first, the rich historical stories and folk legends and Dunhuang literature, opera, folk song popular literature closely, reflects the important status of folk literature occupies in the Song Dynasty, for the development of relevant literature since the Yuan Dynasty provided a more early material directly.Passing through these materials of folk belief,it expands the soothsayer’s knowledge, also spread a kind of most basic value judgement. The value judgment is a part of the cultural function of education. Second,"song","praise","poesy" form, in addition to explain individual deliberately, to great effect on divination propaganda, but also reflects the difference of creators pursuit of literary form beauty, showed four or five, seven words of the traditional poetic form in the Tang, song, since the sound of poetry words, music language, music literature influence, in the folk and gradually form reading or singing body more freedom. Third,"sixty-four divinatory symbols of poesy" is more easily accepted by the magic and dance culture of advocating the Tangut people, because it is suitable for the Xixia in primitive religion of divination, show the Tangut nation "Shibi" in divination and the exchange of psychic art scene, reflects the Western Xia people with the nature of the entertainment songs, music, dance one of the original witch cultural characteristics.
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