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Wong Tai Sin lots, no. 98

中平籤
入山種玉嫌田狹,掘地尋金厭客多。富貴貧窮天註定,世人何苦力奔波。

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

The painting

Jade in the stone · Jade hidden inside rough stone: worth that hasn't been seen yet.

Grade

中平籤 · Middle, steady

Three questions to ask yourself

  1. “入山種玉嫌田狹” — if this line were a painting, where would you be standing in it?
  2. “掘地尋金厭客多” — what is harder to let go of here: the outcome, or the process?
  3. “世人何苦力奔波” — 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).

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.