Summary: ba
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GROUP 44
Ang Wei Yi
Chen Luojia
Chong Koh You
Liu Lanying
Tan Hui Ling
Introduction
"Ba Zi" ( ) simply means "The Eight Characters", and it is made up
of the"Si Zhu" ( ), which means "The Four Pillars of Destiny". The origin
of this classical practice dates back to ancient Chinese mythology. After
thousands of years of using the birth year as the main means of assessment,
a person by the name of Xu Zi Ping ( ) who lived in the Song Dynasty
reorganized and refined the traditional method into its present form, using
the birth date to assess an individual's fortune. It therefore also acquired its
present name: Zi Ping's Eight Characters ( ).
Ba Zi is a method of fortune-telling in which experts of the art will be

Source: Aslaksen, Helmer - Department of Mathematics, National University of Singapore

Collections: Mathematics