Rishu
Genre of divinatory texts in that circulated widely in China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rishu (Chinese: 日書; pinyin: Rìshū), lit. "Day Book," is a genre of hemerological texts that circulated widely in China from the late Warring States Period to the Western Han dynasty.[1] Rishu is also the name of one of the primary literatures for the schools of orthodox Shingon Buddhism of Japan. This term finds its first evident presence dated back to 217 BCE in China.[2]