Guanyin lots, no. 74
The verse is shown in the original Chinese; we don't publish translations of the verses yet.
The painting
Crane · In old paintings the crane stands for purity and long life, often beside pines and the moon.
Grade
下籤 · Lower
Three questions to ask yourself
- “慵飛野鶴自投籠” — if this line were a painting, where would you be standing in it?
- “欲舉鵬霄落陷中” — what is harder to let go of here: the outcome, or the process?
- “此身憔悴恨無窮” — 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.