Guigu-sizhu-jing is colorfully illustrated book for fortune-tellers. It divides human lives into 100 types and explains each type by 6 categories, which are himself, his brothers, kids, career, spouse, and his old age. 6 categories are expressed liter...
Guigu-sizhu-jing is colorfully illustrated book for fortune-tellers. It divides human lives into 100 types and explains each type by 6 categories, which are himself, his brothers, kids, career, spouse, and his old age. 6 categories are expressed literally and visually. So it shows 300 images of family relationships such as siblings, kids and spouse. The images are metaphorical and traditional; siblings are geese, kids are trees, and a couple is mandarin ducks. Many similar books are made in late Joseon, while the original chinese book was published in the fifteenth century without illustration.