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Wong Tai Sin lots, no. 3

中平籤
牛山之木皆常美,獨惜斧工盡伐他。大器大材無足用,規矩不準怎為搓。

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

The painting

Mountain road · Range after range: a long road, walked at your own pace.

Grade

中平籤 · Middle, steady

Three questions to ask yourself

  1. “牛山之木皆常美” — which situation in your life does this line bring to mind?
  2. “獨惜斧工盡伐他” — in that situation, what matters most to you, and what would you hate to lose?
  3. “規矩不準怎為搓” — 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 Wong Tai Sin; this site only explains the text. Handed down mostly around Hong Kong, 100 in all, in four-line verses graded from 上上 (highest) to 下下 (lowest).

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.