Guan Di lot 22 of 100
A white lotus in a jade pool
Good (上吉, 丙乙). Grades differ between editions, and many Taiwanese temples print none. Shown as Wikisource gives it. Wikisource prints no stem pair for this lot, so 丙乙 is from manekineko.com.tw.
碧玉池中開白蓮
莊嚴色相自天然
生來骨格超凡俗
正是人間第一仙
White lotuses open in a pool of green jade.
Their solemn look is natural, a gift of Heaven.
Your frame and character are above the common run.
You are the first among the immortals of this world.
What this lot says
This is a lot of praise. The verse likens you to a white lotus that grows clean in a clear pool, and calls you exceptional.
A verse like this is easy to take as flattery. Read it as an invitation to live up to the picture and to be clear what you are good at.
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
Li Bai meets Emperor Xuanzong (李太白遇唐明皇)
According to the account on Wikisource, the Tang poet Li Bai was summoned to court by Emperor Xuanzong, who valued his talent. A courtier who was offended at having been made to pull off Li Bai's boots spoke against him to the Lady Yang, and Li Bai went wandering and gave himself to poetry and wine.
Source: Wikisource, 關聖帝君靈籤/22, 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)
碧玉池中開白蓮 / 莊嚴色相自天然 / 生來骨格超凡俗 / 正是人間第一仙
Retrieved 2026-11-09. Transcription licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
manekineko.com.tw (富貴轉運站)
碧玉池中開白蓮 / 莊嚴色相自天然 / 生來骨格超凡俗 / 正是人間第一仙
Retrieved 2026-11-09
English translation, meaning and story summaries are by Cast & Chart.