# The origin of plum blossom count
The number of plum blossoms is an important invention of the Northern Song philosopher Shao Yong (word Yaofu Shikang Festival self-titled Mr. Anle). According to legend Shao Yong once heard the bird call on the plum tree in the garden so he created this method. The basic principle is derived from the sixty-four hexagrams of the Book of Changes.

## The meaning of divination
Divination is a method of obtaining inspiration when people encounter problems that cannot be solved. When normal judgment is insufficient in the face of difficulties divination becomes the most common choice.

## No doubt
The ancients believed that divination was communicated with heaven and earth and the enlightenment was given by the gods. Therefore divination is a very serious matter and cannot be used at will. Only important things can be used under circumstances that cannot be solved by reason. Before divination you should be sincere and sincere. Before major divination activities you still have to bathe and burn incense.

## 箮 However three
Since divination is a very serious matter it cannot be repeated indefinitely. It is generally believed that the same thing cannot be blamed more than three times in a row and more than three times is blasphemy.

## Way of Gua
The Meihua Yishu is connected by numbers to the hexagram images in the Yijing. The corresponding relationship in Fuxi's Xiantian Bagua diagram is adopted. When starting a hexagram the number is divided by eight and the remainder is the hexagram. After obtaining the two numbers of the upper and lower hexagrams one number is taken as the moving line the moving line number is divided by six and the remainder is the moving line. A complete fetching of hexagrams requires a total of three numbers that is to say as long as you can obtain the three numbers you can start a hexagram so there are various methods of fetching hexagrams.
-Three numbers
-Two numbers start a hexagram one counts a hexagram one counts a hexagram and the moving line adds two numbers.
-Count the hexagrams at the same time take the hexagrams at the same time and add the hexagrams when you remove the hexagram and move the hexagram.
-Time trigrams take the earth branch of the dry calendar add the year month and day as the upper trigram add the year month day and time as the lower trigram and add the month month day and time to move the line.
-The size starts from the hexagram the ruler is the upper hexagram the inch is the lower hexagram and the moving line is the addition of two numbers.
-Hexagrams in words hexagrams in Chinese strokes and numbers are converted into numbers and added to get hexagrams.
-The quasi-like gossip turning seeing hearing hearing location species men women and children into gossip because it requires a considerable understanding of gossip genre to play a gossip it is now rarely used by people.

## Breaking Gua Way
The breaking of hexagrams in Meihua's counting requires the identification of the body-use relationship of the obtained hexagrams. Body hexagrams are themselves events and problems. The grammatical relationship between the hexagram and the body hexagram is a fortune. This software has transformed this Shengke relationship into digital auspiciousness (5 up 4 axe 3 level 2 axe 1 down) just refer to the result directly.
Some factions advocate referring to the Yijing hexagrams and hexagrams. In the author's experience there is no need to look at the Scriptures and grammars of the Yijing but because someone needs it the software lists them.