Guan Di lot 6 of 100
No need for more music
Below middling (下平, 甲己). Grades differ between editions, and many Taiwanese temples print none. Shown as Wikisource gives it, with the stem pair 甲己.
何勞鼓瑟更吹笙
寸步如登萬里程
彼此懷疑不相信
休將私意憶濃情
Why trouble to play the zither and blow the pipes as well?
Every small step is like climbing a ten-thousand-mile road.
You and the other doubt each other and do not trust.
Do not let private feelings recall old warmth.
What this lot says
This is a lot about a strained relationship. The verse says mutual suspicion is making every step feel long, and that adding more effort or show will not fix it.
The last line advises against acting on old feelings alone. If your question is about a partner, colleague or friend, it suggests talking plainly about the trust that is missing.
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
Xiang Ru returns the jade to Zhao intact (相如完璧歸趙)
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)
何勞鼓瑟更吹笙 / 寸步如登萬里程 / 彼此懷疑不相信 / 休將私意憶濃情
Retrieved 2026-11-09. Transcription licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
manekineko.com.tw (富貴轉運站)
何勞鼓瑟更吹笙 / 寸步如登萬里程 / 彼此懷疑不相信 / 休將私意憶濃情
Retrieved 2026-11-09
Where the sources differ
- Grade: Wikisource gives 下平 and manekineko.com.tw gives 下下. We show the Wikisource grade.
English translation, meaning and story summaries are by Cast & Chart.