Guan Di lot 36 of 100
A ten-thousand-mile journey
Good (上吉, 丁己). Grades differ between editions, and many Taiwanese temples print none. Shown as Wikisource gives it. Wikisource prints no stem pair for this lot, so 丁己 is from manekineko.com.tw.
功名富貴自能為
偶著仙鞭莫問伊
萬里鵬程君有分
吳山頂上好鑽龜
Fame and wealth you can make yourself.
If you happen to hold an immortal's whip, do not ask others.
Ten thousand miles of the roc's journey are yours to take.
The summit of Wu Mountain is a good place to consult the tortoise.
What this lot says
This is a lot about confidence. The verse says that you have it in you to make your own name and that you do not need to ask others for permission.
The last line mentions consulting the tortoise, an old method of divination. It is a nod to the practice you are doing now, and it asks you to listen, then act.
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 seeks office (羅隱求官)
According to the account on Wikisource, Luo Yin of the Tang dynasty was a poet from Qiantang who served the ruler of Wu-Yue as an official and wrote a good deal.
Source: Wikisource, 關聖帝君靈籤/36, 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)
功名富貴自能為 / 偶著仙鞭莫問伊 / 萬里鵬程君有分 / 吳山頂上好鑽龜
Retrieved 2026-11-09. Transcription licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
manekineko.com.tw (富貴轉運站)
功名富貴自能為 / 偶著仙鞭莫問伊 / 萬里鵬程君有分 / 吳山頂上好鑽龜
Retrieved 2026-11-09
English translation, meaning and story summaries are by Cast & Chart.