Skip to main content
MoZhu MOZHU
  1. Home
  2. Fortune sticks
  3. Poem library
  4. Guandi lots
  5. Lot 64
Guandi lots

Guandi lots, no. 64

上上籤
吉人相遇本和同,況有持謀天水翁。人力不勞公論協,事成功倍笑談中。

The verse is shown in the original Chinese; we don't publish translations of the verses yet.

The painting

Pine · Green in every season, the pine stands for persistence and patience.

Grade

上上籤 · Highest

Three questions to ask yourself

  1. Reading “吉人相遇本和同”, who or what comes to mind first?
  2. “況有持謀天水翁” — which part of this is already in your hands?
  3. “事成功倍笑談中” — if you gave yourself a deadline, when would it be?

About this set

A folk collection of fortune-stick poems named after Guan Yu, the Three Kingdoms general; this site only explains the text. 100 in all. The four-line verses often speak of timing, advancing and holding back. Grades range from 大吉 (very auspicious) to 下下 (lowest).

Draw a lotLots are drawn at random by the site; the AI reading is original and for entertainment only.

The poems are traditional folk texts in the public domain, checked against several published versions. The ink paintings are drawn by the site from each poem's imagery. For cultural entertainment only — it can't predict the future and isn't advice of any kind. MoZhu is not affiliated with any temple or religious organization.