Guan Di lot 82 of 100
A worthy among your peers
Good (上吉, 壬乙). Grades differ between editions, and many Taiwanese temples print none. Shown as Wikisource gives it. Wikisource prints no stem pair for this lot, so 壬乙 is from manekineko.com.tw.
彼亦儔中一輩賢
勸君特達與周旋
此時賓主歡相會
他日王侯卻並肩
He too is a worthy among your peers.
I urge you to be open and cultivate him.
At this time, host and guest meet in joy.
Another day, he will stand shoulder to shoulder with kings and lords.
What this lot says
This is a lot about friendship with someone who will rise. The verse says that a person nearby is more than they seem and asks you to treat them with warmth.
It suits a question about a connection you have been undecided about. It says to invest in it.
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 Renzong recognises his mother (宋仁宗認母)
According to the account on Wikisource, Emperor Renzong was born to Consort Li but raised by Empress Liu as her own, and no one dared tell him. When Consort Li died, the chancellor persuaded the empress to bury her with full honours, and after the empress died the emperor opened the coffin and found the consort's body well preserved.
Source: Wikisource, 關聖帝君靈籤/82, 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)
彼亦儔中一輩賢 / 勸君特達與周旋 / 此時賓主歡相會 / 他日王侯卻並肩
Retrieved 2026-11-09. Transcription licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
manekineko.com.tw (富貴轉運站)
彼亦儔中一輩賢 / 勸君特達與周旋 / 此時賓主歡相會 / 他日王侯卻並肩
Retrieved 2026-11-09
English translation, meaning and story summaries are by Cast & Chart.