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Matchmaker Oracle · Lot 17

Source: The Great Learning

德者本也
財者末也

What it means

In choosing a partner, character comes first and wealth second.

"Virtue is the root, wealth the branch." Choose a partner for character, not money; if money causes friction, return to each other's integrity and sincerity.

Guidance in love

SingleChoose for character above circumstances.
DatingIf money views differ, talk honestly.
MarriedGround the family in virtue; plan finances together with trust.

Line by line

  1. 德者本也
    Virtue is the root
  2. 財者末也
    wealth is the branch.

Original context

From the Great Learning: a ruler first attends to virtue; virtue brings people, people bring land, land brings wealth. Virtue is the root, wealth the branch.

Text: the 100-lot Matchmaker (Yue Lao) oracle used in Taiwan. Most lots quote classical texts; sources were checked against the originals, obvious copying errors corrected, and uncertain sources marked as such.

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