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Wong Tai Sin lots, no. 59

下下籤
浣溪紗女美無雙,媚至吳王國破亡。最惱東施效顰笑,山雞豈可勝鸞凰。

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

The painting

A pair of birds · Paired birds in old poems speak of answering each other and keeping company.

Grade

下下籤 · Lowest

Three questions to ask yourself

  1. “浣溪紗女美無雙” — if this line were a painting, where would you be standing in it?
  2. “最惱東施效顰笑” — what is harder to let go of here: the outcome, or the process?
  3. “山雞豈可勝鸞凰” — what is the smallest thing you could do for it today?

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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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.