Guan Di lot 99 of 100
Cool friendship, long taste
Highest (上上, 癸壬). Grades differ between editions, and many Taiwanese temples print none. Shown as Wikisource gives it. Wikisource prints no stem pair for this lot, so 癸壬 is from manekineko.com.tw.
貴人遭遇水雲鄉
冷淡交情滋味長
黃閣開時延故客
驊騮應得驟康莊
A person of standing is met in a land of water and cloud.
Cool, plain friendship has a long flavour.
When the yellow pavilion opens, old guests are invited in.
A fine horse will gallop on the broad road.
What this lot says
This is a lot about a quiet friendship that pays off. The verse says a modest, steady bond is the one that lasts, and that old friends are remembered when the door opens.
It suits a question about whether to keep in touch with someone. It says yes.
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
Baili Xi goes to Qin (百里奚投秦)
According to the account on Wikisource, Baili Xi of the Spring and Autumn period left the state of Yu when he saw it would fall, hid in Chu, and was bought back by Duke Mu of Qin with five ram skins. He was given charge of the state, and Qin grew strong.
Source: Wikisource, 關聖帝君靈籤/99, 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)
貴人遭遇水雲鄉 / 冷淡交情滋味長 / 黃閣開時延故客 / 驊騮應得驟康莊
Retrieved 2026-11-09. Transcription licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
manekineko.com.tw (富貴轉運站)
貴人遭遇水雲鄉 / 冷淡交情滋味長 / 黃閣開時延故客 / 驊騮應時驟康莊
Retrieved 2026-11-09
Where the sources differ
- Line 4 reads 驊騮應得驟康莊 in Wikisource and 驊騮應時驟康莊 on manekineko.com.tw. We show the Wikisource reading.
- Wikisource prints 五千皮 for the ransom and 五羖大夫 for his title. We follow the title, five ram skins.
English translation, meaning and story summaries are by Cast & Chart.