*72. Chap. III. Pien-sui [OMITTED] (Criticisms on Noxious Influences).
Most people are under the delusion that by disregarding an
unpropitious time viz. years, months, and days of dread, they will
have to suffer from noxious influences, falling in with evil spirits,
which work disaster. This is an error, as shown by experience,
but horoscopists and seers are silent on all cases contradicting their
theory. A vast literature has sprung up on this subject, and the
princes dare not take any important step in life, any more than
their people, without reference to it.
