Yuan Chungcheol

… In China, Shufu founded palmistry during the Spring and Autumn Period, and it is said to have been popularized by Kofu Shiqing. Yuan Zhongche's Shinso Zenpen is the oldest comprehensive text on palmistry, and was also introduced to Japan. In Japan, palmistry spread to the aristocracy during the Heian Period, and palmistry based on Chinese I Ching flourished until the end of the Edo Period. …

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…　中国では春秋時代に叔服が手相術を創始し，姑布子卿（こふしけい）が広めたといわれる。袁忠徹の《神相全編》は手相の最古の包括的文献で，日本にも伝えられた。日本では平安時代に貴族階級に広まり，江戸末期まで中国易学に基づく手相術が栄えた。…

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