Deities and Faith
What special meaning does 924 have for Sheng Zhen Men?
English translation draft · Based on the Chinese article. This is not a word-for-word translation approved by Master Shengyuan.
924 relates to Sheng Zhen Men’s representative Chinese chess pieces: the black General, black Advisor, and red Chariot, which translate numerically into nine, two, and four. September twenty-four therefore also has special commemorative meaning for us.
In Chinese chess divination, characters, meanings, combinations, and numbers all offer material for understanding. Here 924 explains the naming and representative pieces chosen then, not a way to answer every divination question merely by seeing three numbers.
On that recording day, solar September twenty-four coincided with lunar August eighteen, when we celebrated Jiutian Xuannü’s birthday. I found this special. It recalled my early entry into cultivation and connection with her, giving it meaning within Sheng Zhen Men’s own faith history.