Guan Di lot 94 of 100
Tools like anyone's
Middling (中平, 癸丁). Grades differ between editions, and many Taiwanese temples print none. Shown as Wikisource gives it. Wikisource prints no stem pair for this lot, so 癸丁 is from manekineko.com.tw.
一般器用與人同
巧斲輪輿梓匠工
凡事有緣且隨分
秋冬方遇主人翁
Your tools and gear are the same as other people's.
A craftsman carves wheels and carriage frames with skill.
In all things, take what comes by chance and fit it to your lot.
In autumn and winter you will meet your patron.
What this lot says
This is a lot about skill and timing. The verse says your tools are no different from other people's, so the difference is in your craft, and that a patron appears later in the year.
It suits a question about work. It says to keep sharpening your skills and to wait until late in the year.
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
Tijie visits the elder's gate (提結過長者門)
According to the account on Wikisource, Tijie was a monk from the western regions in the time of Emperor Wu of Liang. A very rich elder would give nothing, but Tijie described the man's private thoughts, and the elder was moved and became his follower.
Source: Wikisource, 關聖帝君靈籤/94, 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)
一般器用與人同 / 巧斲輪輿梓匠工 / 凡事有緣且隨分 / 秋冬方遇主人翁
Retrieved 2026-11-09. Transcription licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
manekineko.com.tw (富貴轉運站)
一般器用與人同 / 巧斵輪輿梓匠工 / 凡事有緣且隨分 / 秋冬方遇主人翁
Retrieved 2026-11-09
Where the sources differ
- Line 2 reads 巧斲輪輿梓匠工 in Wikisource and 巧斵輪輿梓匠工 on manekineko.com.tw. We show the Wikisource reading.
English translation, meaning and story summaries are by Cast & Chart.