auspiciousness
Among the Five Emperors' reigns, there are no transmitted policies; it is not confused by crookedness or evil, nor bewildered by miscellaneous things. This is how to measure them. Beyond the Five Emperors, there are no transmitted records of people; it is not that sound governance did not discuss it. In ancient times, there was Gu Bu Ziqing; in the present age of Liang, there is Tang Ju. They could judge a person's auspiciousness or misfortune. Ancient people did not have this; scholars did not have this; scholars did not speak of it. Food for your coming, and you fail to grasp the greater picture. Therefore, writings fade with time and disappear, while customs and traditions eventually vanish after a long time they remain consistent in principle; thus, one
