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Wong Tai Sin lots, no. 6

上吉籤
一片孤帆萬里回,管絃嘔啞且停杯。如雲勝友談風月,暢敘幽情極樂哉。

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

上吉籤 · Upper, auspicious

Three questions to ask yourself

  1. “一片孤帆萬里回” — which situation in your life does this line bring to mind?
  2. “管絃嘔啞且停杯” — in that situation, what matters most to you, and what would you hate to lose?
  3. “暢敘幽情極樂哉” — 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.