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Guandi lots, no. 71

中吉籤
喜鵲簷前報好音,知君千里欲歸心。繡幃重結鴛鴦帶,葉落霜飛寒色侵。

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

The painting

A pair of birds · Paired birds in old poems speak of answering each other and keeping company.

Grade

中吉籤 · Middle, auspicious

Three questions to ask yourself

  1. “喜鵲簷前報好音” — if this line were a painting, where would you be standing in it?
  2. “知君千里欲歸心” — what is harder to let go of here: the outcome, or the process?
  3. “葉落霜飛寒色侵” — what is the smallest thing you could do for it today?

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.