Guan Di lot 21 of 100
An old grievance
Lowest (下下, 丙甲). Grades differ between editions, and many Taiwanese temples print none. Shown as Wikisource gives it. Wikisource prints no stem pair for this lot, so 丙甲 is from manekineko.com.tw.
與君夙昔結成冤
今日相逢那得緣
好把經文多諷誦
祈求戶內保嬋娟
Long ago you and I formed a grudge.
How can we meet today and have any bond?
Recite scripture often, and recite it well,
and pray for protection for the beautiful one inside the household.
What this lot says
This is a lot about an old quarrel. The verse says the old grudge makes any meeting awkward, and it suggests a quiet practice, and not argument, to ease it.
If your question is about someone you have fallen out with, it suggests that reconciliation comes slowly and from your side first.
A lot is a prompt for reflection. It cannot promise a result, and it is no substitute for medical, legal or financial advice.
The story behind it
Sun and Pang's contest of wits (孫龐鬥智結仇)
According to the account on Wikisource, the Warring States rivals Sun Bin and Pang Juan studied under the same teacher. Pang Juan, jealous of Sun Bin's skill, had his feet cut off, and Sun Bin later defeated and killed him at the Maling road.
Source: Wikisource, 關聖帝君靈籤/21, the 故事及記載 section
Where this text comes from
This verse is a traditional temple text with no known author. We read it from two named web transcriptions, Chinese Wikisource (the base text) and manekineko.com.tw. Neither is a scan of a printing, the edition behind them is mixed, and we could not establish whether the two are independent of each other.
Wikisource (關聖帝君靈籤) (the text shown above)
與君夙昔結成冤 / 今日相逢那得緣 / 好把經文多諷誦 / 祈求戶內保嬋娟
Retrieved 2026-11-09. Transcription licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
manekineko.com.tw (富貴轉運站)
與君夙昔結成冤 / 今日相逢那得緣 / 好把經文多諷誦 / 祈求戶內保嬋娟
Retrieved 2026-11-09
English translation, meaning and story summaries are by Cast & Chart.