Matchmaker Oracle · Lot 72

Source: Sikong Tu, "Twenty-Four Moods of Poetry"

What it means

Clear skies after rain, birds chasing each other; a fresh and lovely romance.

"White clouds after rain, secluded birds chasing each other": a fresh and lovely romance, light-hearted and mutually attractive.

Guidance in love

Line by line

1. 白雲初晴
   The sky clears after rain, white clouds drift
2. 幽鳥相逐
   in quiet woods, birds chase one another.

Original context

From Sikong Tu's Twenty-Four Moods of Poetry, "Elegance": wine in a jade pot, rain watched from a thatched hut, fine company among tall bamboo; "white clouds as the sky clears, secluded birds chase each other". A scene of refined ease after rain.

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.