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Matchmaker Oracle · Lot 49

Source: Han Yu, "Elegy for My Nephew"

兩世一身
形單影隻

What it means

Alone for now; your bond has not yet arrived.

"Two generations, one person; a lone body and a lone shadow." For now you are alone; the bond has not yet arrived. Use this time to care for yourself and enrich your life while you wait.

Guidance in love

SingleLove hasn't come yet; love yourself first.
DatingIf you feel lonely even together, say what you need.
MarriedIf often apart, make time to be together.

Line by line

  1. 兩世一身
    In two generations, only one person each
  2. 形單影隻
    a lone body with a lone shadow.

Original context

From Han Yu's "Elegy for My Nephew": he and his nephew were each the last of their generation, "two generations, one body each, a lone form and a lone shadow", depending on each other; when the nephew died young, Han Yu mourned him.

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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