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Guan Di lot 35 of 100

Together, then parted

Lowest (下下, 丁戊). Grades differ between editions, and many Taiwanese temples print none. Shown as Wikisource gives it. Wikisource prints no stem pair for this lot, so 丁戊 is from manekineko.com.tw.

一山如畫對清江

門裏團圓事事雙

誰料半途分折去

空幃無語對銀缸

A mountain like a painting faces the clear river.

Inside the gate there is a happy family, with everything in pairs.

Who expected that halfway you would be separated?

Now in the empty curtains you face the silver lamp without speaking.

What this lot says

This is a lot about a happy household that comes apart. The verse paints a scene of pairs and then a sudden split.

It is a lot that asks you to value what you have while you have it. If a separation is already on the way, the last line is gentle toward the loneliness.

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

Wang Zhaojun is sent to marry the Xiongnu chief (王昭君和番)

According to the account on Wikisource, Wang Zhaojun was a lady of the Han court who was kept from the emperor's notice. When the Xiongnu asked for a bride, she volunteered to go, and the emperor, seeing her leave, was shaken but could not break the promise.

Source: Wikisource, 關聖帝君靈籤/35, 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)

一山如畫對清江 / 門裏團圓事事雙 / 誰料半途分折去 / 空幃無語對銀缸

Retrieved 2026-11-09. Transcription licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

manekineko.com.tw (富貴轉運站)

一山如畫對清江 / 門裏團圓事事雙 / 誰料半途分析去 / 空幃無語對銀缸

Retrieved 2026-11-09

Where the sources differ

  • Line 3 reads 誰料半途分折去 in Wikisource and 誰料半途分析去 on manekineko.com.tw. We show the Wikisource reading.

English translation, meaning and story summaries are by Cast & Chart.