这一重大发现同时受到中国特有的“气”的理论及实践和占卜术的影响。

And the (unique) Chinese concept and practice of qi and divination has played an important role during the process of this important...

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地相术是那时非常流行的能够预知未来的占卜术，就像识别鸡的内脏，毫无混乱。

Geomancie was a very popular technique at the time for predicting the future. It was like reading the signs in chicken entrails, but without the mess.

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用在纸牌戏和占卜术中的一套或一副印着有含意的号码、象征符号或数字的纸片之一。

One of a set or pack bearing significant Numbers, symbols, or figures, used in games and in divination.

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Similarly, divination. Divination is an attempt to discern the future that, once again, heads right to the source of power.

类似的还有占卜术，占卜是一种试图看清未来的法术,它的终极目标，也是神力的源头。

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