Li Xuzhong李虛中
A Tang official whom later fortune readers took as their founder.
- Era
- Tang · c. 762–813
- Known for
- Li Xuzhong Ming Shu (attributed)
以人之始生年、月、日，所直日辰支干，相生勝衰死相王斟酌，推人壽夭、貴賤、利不利。
Han Yu, epitaph for Li Xuzhong
What it is
Li Xuzhong, styled Changrong, passed the imperial exams and rose to censor. Han Yu wrote his epitaph, saying he knew the books of the five elements better than anyone and judged a life from the year, month and day of birth.
He died in 813 at fifty-two. Han Yu also records that he took a mercury elixir in the hope of living forever.
On this site
He used only three pillars. The hour pillar came later.
Sources Siku Quanshu Zongmu Tiyao; Han Yu; Xie Ji Bian Fang Shu.