Yuan Tiangang: Astrologer, fortune teller, Taoist priest, Feng Shui master, prophet
Yuan Tiangang, his birth and death years are unknown. The most famous physiognomist in the Tang Dynasty and a master of Chinese physiognomy. A native of Chengdu, Sichuan. He was an astronomer, astrologer, forecaster, Feng Shui master, Taoist priest, and fortune teller in the late Sui and early Tang Dynasties. He was good at learning from the wind, but he was not satisfied after repeated tests. In the Sui Dynasty, he was appointed as the Yanguan Order, and in the Tang Dynasty, he was appointed as the Order of Huojing (Linqiong). It is said that he knew the "wind mirror", that is, he could judge good or bad luck based on the sound and direction of the wind. He is also proficient in facial physiognomy, Liuren and five elements. He is the author of "Liu Ren Ke", "Five Elements Xiangshu", "Three Generations of Xiangfa", "Tuibei Diagram" (co-authored with Li Chunfeng), "Yuan Tiangang's Bone Weighing Song", etc. According to the general annals, there is a volume of "Xuan Yao of Yi Jing", which has been lost for a long time. Yuan Tiangang was the second son of Yuan Shouyi, an elegant scholar in the Sui Dynasty. He was originally from Qinjia'ao Township, Jiangjin County, Sichuan Province (now Qinggangbao, Yong'an Village, Shimen Town, Jiangjin District, Chongqing). Later, he traveled around Chang'an, Luoyang and other places, living a life of idle clouds and wild cranes. Gao Yuxiang, the founder of the contemporary Yin Yang Yi Dian School, commented on Yuan Tiangang: “The name is like the bright moon covering the ages, and the sound is like spring thunder that shakes the past and present.