Wong Tai Sin lots
Wong Tai Sin lots, no. 39
夷齊不忍食周粟，兄弟心甘採蕨餐。讓國名應垂萬古，可憐餓倒首陽山。
The verse is shown in the original Chinese; we don't publish translations of the verses yet.
The painting
Clearing after rain · Sky clearing after long rain: a turn after a heavy time.
Grade
中吉籤 · Middle, auspicious
Three questions to ask yourself
- “夷齊不忍食周粟” — which situation in your life does this line bring to mind?
- “兄弟心甘採蕨餐” — in that situation, what matters most to you, and what would you hate to lose?
- “可憐餓倒首陽山” — 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).
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