Guan Di lot 70 of 100
A date for rain
Middling (中平, 庚癸). Grades differ between editions, and many Taiwanese temples print none. Shown as Wikisource gives it. Wikisource prints no stem pair for this lot, so 庚癸 is from manekineko.com.tw.
雷雨風雲各有司
至誠禱告莫生疑
與君定約為霖日
正是蘊隆中伏時
Thunder, rain, wind and cloud each have their keeper.
Pray with a sincere heart and do not doubt.
I set a date with you for the soaking rain,
which is the time of the deepest summer heat.
What this lot says
This is a lot about sincere asking and waiting for the right season. The verse says the forces of weather each have their own keeper and that sincere prayer is not wasted.
The rain is promised for the hottest part of summer. If you are under pressure, the lot says relief comes at the point of greatest strain.
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 Zeng prays (王曾祈禱)
According to the account on Wikisource, Wang Zeng of the Song dynasty came first in three levels of exam, rose to senior office, and was known for sincere prayer for rain in dry periods.
Source: Wikisource, 關聖帝君靈籤/70, 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)
雷雨風雲各有司 / 至誠禱告莫生疑 / 與君定約為霖日 / 正是蘊隆中伏時
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manekineko.com.tw (富貴轉運站)
雷雨風雲各有司 / 至誠禱告莫生疑 / 與君定約為霖日 / 正是蘊隆中伏時
Retrieved 2026-11-09
English translation, meaning and story summaries are by Cast & Chart.