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On what arguments did Wang Chong criticize day selection arts?
He pointed out that people often choose a day and meet disaster, or break a taboo and gain fortune, and that only the coincidences are remembered. He compared acts of the same kind: hair-washing needs a chosen day while washing hands or bathing does not; sacrificial animals must avoid the xueji days while butchers kill every day without harm. In his view fortune and misfortune come with the times, and life and death come with ming.
From the article “How Did Wang Chong Criticize Day Selection Arts in the Lunheng?”
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How Did Wang Chong Criticize Day Selection Arts in the Lunheng?
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