Guan Di lot 33 of 100
No north, no south
Middling (中平, 丁丙). Grades differ between editions, and many Taiwanese temples print none. Shown as Wikisource gives it. Wikisource prints no stem pair for this lot, so 丁丙 is from manekineko.com.tw.
不分南北與西東
眼底昏昏耳似聾
熟讀黃庭經一卷
不論貴賤與窮通
You tell no north from south, east from west.
Your eyes are dim and your ears seem deaf.
Read the Yellow Court Classic through, one scroll,
and it makes no difference whether you are rich or poor, high or low.
What this lot says
This is a lot about confusion, and a way through it. The verse describes losing your bearings, and then suggests a steady reading or study practice.
The Yellow Court Classic is a Daoist text on inner cultivation. Read the verse as advice to turn to something calm and regular when you cannot see ahead.
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
Zhuangzi longs for the Way (莊子慕道)
Named for this lot in the Wikisource transcription.
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)
不分南北與西東 / 眼底昏昏耳似聾 / 熟讀黃庭經一卷 / 不論貴賤與窮通
Retrieved 2026-11-09. Transcription licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
manekineko.com.tw (富貴轉運站)
不分南北與西東 / 眼底昏昏耳似聾 / 熟讀黃庭經一卷 / 不論貴賤與窮通
Retrieved 2026-11-09
Where the sources differ
- The Yellow Court Classic named in line 3 is a Daoist text on inner cultivation.
English translation, meaning and story summaries are by Cast & Chart.