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APPENDIX I: A SELECTION OF REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLES OF CURRENT TEMPLE ORACLES
Although Werner Banck has published a voluminous collection of 55 complete sets of temple oracles (hereafter abbreviated as B), I believe that the following selection of samples can be meaningful and useful for comparative purposes. Seven samples taken from printed editions commonly used by the temple personnel are presented: these samples show the variations of commentaries attached to the basic oracular verses.
For each case I have only chosen the first oracle, but this is sufficient for our purpose of limited comparison.
Sample No. 1 (B-1)
This is oracle no. 1 taken from the most popular of all temple oracles: the 60 oracles Matsu set. (See bibliography, Sheng-ch'ien chu-chieh). Many temples not only have printed leaflets for the use of devotees with each oracle printed on a separate leaflet, but have booklet editions available for the use of specialists counselling devotees.
This set of oracles is characterized by its usually added subsections or areas of concern for which devotees most frequently cast the oracles. They are the major concerns in life, such as “employment”, “disease”, “dwelling”, “wealth”, “marriage”, “expectation of rain”, etc. When devotees consult the oracles they
第一籤
(000 000)
萬事向明出清前清便途淨見保進照風大世雲安道問散移年詞歲節 | 病！作居冬歡君中人人事沾難解
A
求婚功 | 失 | 求日雨姻名物！病！財荷「尤 | 有「龙平悭安微
甲子屬金利在秋天宜共西方公請雷驚
would in most cases ask about only one of these areas. The B-1 type of this variation distinguishes between 14 and 16 concern areas.
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APPENDIX I: A SELECTION OF REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLES OF CURRENT TEMPLE ORACLES
Although Werner Banck has published a voluminous collection of 55 complete sets of temple oracles (hereafter abbreviated as B), I believe that the following selection of samples can be meaningful and useful for comparative purposes. Sev- en samples taken from printed editions commonly used by the temple personnel are presented: these samples show the variations of commentaries attached to the basic oracular verses.
For each case I have only chosen the first oracle, but this is sufficient for our
purpose of limited comparison.
Sample No. 1 (B-1)
This is oracle no 1.
taken from the most
popular of all temple or-
acles: the 60 oracles
Matsu set. (See bibliog-
raphy, Sheng-ch'ien
chu-chieh). Many tem- ples not only have printed leaflets for the use of devotees with each oracle printed on a separate leaflet, but have booklet editions available for the use of specialists counselling devotees.
This set of oracles is
characterized by its usu- ally added subsections
or areas of concern for
which devotees most frequently cast the ora- cles. They are the major concerns in life, such as “employment”, “dis- ease". “dwelling”, “wealth”,“marriage”, *expectation of rain", etc. When devotees
consult the oracles they
第一簌
(000 000)
萬
光日
事向明出
清前清便
途淨見
保 進 照風
大世雲
安道問散
移年詞歲 節|病!作
居冬 歡君中人人 事
A
沾
難解
would in most cases ask
about only one of these
areas. The B-1 type of
this variation distin-
guishes between 14 and 16 concern areas.
求婚功|失| 求日
雨姻 名物!病!財 荷「尤|有「龙平悭
安微
甲子
屬金利在秋天宜共西方
公請雷驚
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