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Guanyin lots, no. 28

中籤
東邊月上正嬋娟,頃刻雲遮亦暗存。或有圓時還有缺,更言非者亦閒言。

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

The painting

Moon behind clouds · Clouds hide the moon for a while, but the moon is still there.

Grade

中籤 · Middle

Three questions to ask yourself

  1. Reading “東邊月上正嬋娟”, who or what comes to mind first?
  2. “頃刻雲遮亦暗存” — which part of this is already in your hands?
  3. “更言非者亦閒言” — if you gave yourself a deadline, when 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.