Guanyin lots, no. 26
The verse is shown in the original Chinese; we don't publish translations of the verses yet.
The painting
Willow · Soft willow branches in old poems speak of parting and missing someone.
Grade
中籤 · Middle
Three questions to ask yourself
- “上下傳來事總虛” — if this line were a painting, where would you be standing in it?
- “天邊接得一封書” — what is harder to let go of here: the outcome, or the process?
- “直待終時亦是無” — what is the smallest thing you could do for it today?
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.
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.