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Wong Tai Sin lots, no. 55

中平籤
浦號沉香遺舊恨,渡江猶憶古人心。可憐當日辭官去,雖有馨留不易尋。

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

中平籤 · Middle, steady

Three questions to ask yourself

  1. Reading “浦號沉香遺舊恨”, who or what comes to mind first?
  2. “渡江猶憶古人心” — which part of this is already in your hands?
  3. “雖有馨留不易尋” — if you gave yourself a deadline, when 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.