Guan Di lot 40 of 100
A new way of doing things
Good (上吉, 丁癸). Grades differ between editions, and many Taiwanese temples print none. Shown as Wikisource gives it. Wikisource prints no stem pair for this lot, so 丁癸 is from manekineko.com.tw.
新來換得好規模
何用隨他步與趨
只聽耳邊消息到
崎嶇歷盡見亨衢
You have recently found a better way of going about it.
Why follow others step by step?
Just listen for news arriving at your ear,
and after the rough ground is crossed, you will see a clear road.
What this lot says
This is a lot about a change of method. The verse says you have found a better approach, and that there is no need to copy others.
The hard going is behind it. It suits a question about a new plan after a rough stretch.
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
Emperor Guangwu defeats the army at Kunyang (漢光武陷昆陽)
According to the account on Wikisource, at Kunyang the future Emperor Guangwu led a small advance force against a far larger army of Wang Mang. A storm struck, the army broke, and the battle is credited with helping the Eastern Han begin.
Source: Wikisource, 關聖帝君靈籤/40, 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)
新來換得好規模 / 何用隨他步與趨 / 只聽耳邊消息到 / 崎嶇歷盡見亨衢
Retrieved 2026-11-09. Transcription licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
manekineko.com.tw (富貴轉運站)
新來換得好規模 / 何用隨他步與趨 / 只聽耳邊消息到 / 崎嶇歷盡見亨衢
Retrieved 2026-11-09
English translation, meaning and story summaries are by Cast & Chart.