Guan Di lot 27 of 100
Everything belongs to someone
Lowest (下下, 丙庚). Grades differ between editions, and many Taiwanese temples print none. Shown as Wikisource gives it. Wikisource prints no stem pair for this lot, so 丙庚 is from manekineko.com.tw.
世間萬物各有主
一粒一毫君莫取
英雄豪傑自天生
也須步步循規矩
All the things of the world have their owners.
Not a grain or a hair of them should you take.
Heroes and great men are born of Heaven,
yet even they must follow the rules step by step.
What this lot says
This is a lot about honesty. The verse says that what is not yours stays not yours, even in small amounts, and that talent does not excuse bending rules.
If you face a temptation to cut a corner, it is a plain no. It also encourages ambition done the straight way.
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
Luo Yin attains the Way (江東得道)
According to the account on Wikisource, Luo Yin of the late Tang failed to win office, turned to spiritual cultivation, and gained a reputation for sayings that came true. In a local tale, he painted horses on a stone that trampled villagers' crops at night until he painted a post to tie them.
Source: Wikisource, 關聖帝君靈籤/27, 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)
世間萬物各有主 / 一粒一毫君莫取 / 英雄豪傑自天生 / 也須步步循規矩
Retrieved 2026-11-09. Transcription licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
manekineko.com.tw (富貴轉運站)
世間萬物各有主 / 一粒一毫君莫取 / 英雄豪傑自天生 / 也須步步循規矩
Retrieved 2026-11-09
English translation, meaning and story summaries are by Cast & Chart.