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Matchmaker Oracle · Lot 62

Source: Wang Ling, "Seeing Off Spring"

子規半夜猶啼血
不信東風喚不回

What it means

Trying hard to win someone back; sincerity moves, but know your limits.

"The cuckoo still cries blood at midnight, refusing to believe the east wind can't be called back." Persistent devotion, trying hard to win something back. Sincerity can move hearts, but know your limits and don't exhaust yourself.

Guidance in love

SingleYou still hope for someone; try, but watch their response.
DatingTo win someone back, give space as well as sincerity.
MarriedEffort in marriage needs response; seek help together if needed.

Line by line

  1. 子規半夜猶啼血
    At midnight the cuckoo still cries until it bleeds
  2. 不信東風喚不回
    refusing to believe the spring wind cannot be called back.

Original context

From Wang Ling's "Seeing Off Spring": late flowers fall and bloom again, swallows come daily to the eaves; "the cuckoo cries blood at midnight, refusing to believe the east wind won't return". An image of refusing to give up.

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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