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Guanyin lots, no. 15

中籤
觸人口氣最難吞,忽有災危禍到門。卵破巢空無宿處,深為穩便把心存。

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

中籤 · Middle

Three questions to ask yourself

  1. “觸人口氣最難吞” — which situation in your life does this line bring to mind?
  2. “卵破巢空無宿處” — in that situation, what matters most to you, and what would you hate to lose?
  3. “深為穩便把心存” — if you could take only one small step first, which would it be?

About this set

A folk collection of fortune-stick poems named after Guanyin; this site only explains the text. It is the most widely known set, 100 in all. Most verses are four lines of seven characters, graded upper, middle or lower, and each is often paired with a story from history or opera.

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.