Guan Di lot 44 of 100
A good person who made mistakes
Middling (中平, 戊丁). Grades differ between editions, and many Taiwanese temples print none. Shown as Wikisource gives it. Wikisource prints no stem pair for this lot, so 戊丁 is from manekineko.com.tw.
汝是人中最吉人
誤為誤作損精神
堅牢一念酬香願
富貴榮華萃汝身
You are among the best of people.
But mistakes and wrong turns have worn down your spirit.
Hold firmly to one purpose, and repay your vow of incense,
and wealth and glory will gather on you.
What this lot says
This is a lot of reassurance with a task attached. The verse says your character is good, that mistakes have drained you, and that a promise made to the gods should be kept.
If you made a vow in a hard time, it is a reminder to keep it. Taking a clear, steady course ends the drain.
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 Mang usurps the Han (王莽篡漢)
According to the account on Wikisource, Wang Mang was a relative of a Han empress who rose to be chancellor, seized the throne and renamed the dynasty Xin, and was killed by Han troops.
Source: Wikisource, 關聖帝君靈籤/44, 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)
汝是人中最吉人 / 誤為誤作損精神 / 堅牢一念酬香願 / 富貴榮華萃汝身
Retrieved 2026-11-09. Transcription licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
manekineko.com.tw (富貴轉運站)
汝是人中最吉人 / 誤為誤作損精神 / 堅牢一念酬香願 / 富貴榮華萃汝身
Retrieved 2026-11-09
Where the sources differ
- Line 4: Wikisource's commentary says 萃 is also written 在.
English translation, meaning and story summaries are by Cast & Chart.