Guanyin Oracle · Lot 80

Auspicious

What it means

A lot of unexpected recognition. You simply focus on your own path, and suddenly someone above notices and raises you. Liu Zhiyuan went from dependent son-in-law to emperor through persistence. "Finish what you start; don't scatter": stay focused, and help will keep arriving.

By matter

Line by line

1. 直上高山去學仙
   You climb a high mountain to seek immortality.
2. 豈知一旦帝王宣
   Who knew that one day the emperor would summon you?
3. 青天白日常明照
   Under the blue sky and bright sun, always shining.
4. 志在聲名四海傳
   Your ambition is a name known across the seas.

Classic commentary

此卦貴人接引之象。凡事和合大吉也。

有始有終。莫向西東。心中用事。貴人重重。

The image: a helper leading you forward; harmony and great fortune. The verdict: finish what you start; don't scatter east and west; work with your whole heart, and helpers will come again and again.

The story · Liu Zhiyuan Joins the Army

Liu Zhiyuan of the Five Dynasties, of Shatuo origin, was poor and lived with his wife Li Sanniang's family, scorned by her brother. Guarding the melon field one night, he fought off a melon spirit and dug up a sword, then left to join the army and won fame. When the Later Jin fell he proclaimed himself emperor at Jinyang, founding the Later Han (from the drama The White Rabbit).

Reference: Lot 80 of the Guanyin Oracle at Mengjia Longshan Temple, Taipei, with its traditional image, verdict, guidance and story. Story summaries are our own.