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RuShi is a piece of algorithmic interactive installation art that uses the ancient Chinese fortune-telling algorithm “BaZi” (八字). In English, BaZi means “eight words.” BaZi is an application that uses eight words to analyze a person’s destiny. Every person’s date of birth can be used as data and converted into eight words and the eight words are all translated into five elements (gold/wood/water/fire/earth). The interrelationship of the five elements can predict one’s character and happenings throughout his or her whole life, and it has become widely used since China’s Song Dynasty.