Guanyin lots, no. 63
The verse is shown in the original Chinese; we don't publish translations of the verses yet.
The painting
Sail · Raising a sail: timing and setting out.
Grade
中籤 · Middle
Three questions to ask yourself
- “昔日行船失了針” — which situation in your life does this line bring to mind?
- “今朝依舊海中尋” — in that situation, what matters most to you, and what would you hate to lose?
- “也費工夫也費心” — 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.
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.