Tui bei tu
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Tui bei tu | ||
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Hanyu Pinyin Tuī Bèi Tú | | |
Yue: Cantonese | ||
Yale Romanization | teui1 bui3 tou4 | |
Jyutping | teoi1 bui3 tou4 |
Tui bei tu (
Description
The book is supposed to contain clues to China's future conveyed through a series of 60 surreal drawings, each accompanied by an equally obscure poem.[1] The title means "Back-Pushing Sketch" and comes from the last illustration.
Each poem is a prophecy, which describes a Chinese historical event that will occur in order. For example, the 36th poem should occur before the 40th poem.
Usage
During the end-of-dynasty turmoil, rebels used it to prophesize victory for their cause and thereby drum up public support.[1] As the introduction to one mainland China version of the book explained, Tui Bei Tu is a way of shaping public opinion used by feudal rulers to seize power or consolidate power. It is also similarly used by oppressed people to overthrow their rulers.[1]
In popular culture
- The Hong Kong TVB drama A Change of Destiny mentions the Tui bei tu.
References
- ^ ISBN 0-472-08451-8
- ^ Alexchiu philosophy super I-Ching
- ^ 推背图的起源和变迁
- ^ 六种版本《推背图》 Archived 2010-04-19 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Taiwan Sina book scan images with poem - words are in classic vertical alignment
- Chinese prophecy research group (Traditional Chinese)
- Alexchiu philosophy super I-Ching (English)
- Hinet (Traditional Chinese)
- Cs.columbia.edu (Simplified Chinese)
- Jilm (Simplified Chinese)
- Mmkey (Simplified Chinese)
See also
- I Ching
- Lingqijing
- Lo Shu Square
- Qi Men Dun Jia
- Tung shing
- Jiaobei
- Kau Cim
- Shaobing Song, another famous Chinese prophetic text
- Chinese classic texts