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Guanyin lots, no. 7

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奔波役役重重險,帶水拖泥又渡山。更慮他方求別用,千山萬水未能還。

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

The painting

Moored at night · A boat tied up for the night: a pause, moving on at daybreak.

Grade

下籤 · Lower

Three questions to ask yourself

  1. Reading “奔波役役重重險”, who or what comes to mind first?
  2. “帶水拖泥又渡山” — which part of this is already in your hands?
  3. “千山萬水未能還” — 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.