Guan Yin lot 13 of 100
The golden fish pouch
Highest (上上). Grade from the related Goodfate edition. Grades differ between temples, and many Taiwanese temples print none.
自小生身富貴家
眼前萬事總奢華
要君賜受金魚袋
四海傳名足可誇
Born and raised in a rich and noble house,
You see nothing before you but luxury.
You are called to receive the golden fish pouch,
And your name goes round the four seas, worth boasting of.
What this lot says
This verse describes a person born to wealth, with comfort on every side. The golden fish pouch was a badge of high office in the Tang dynasty, and the verse imagines one being awarded, with fame to follow.
Birth gives the comfort, and the pouch has to be conferred by someone else. The verse does not say how it is earned, and that is the question to ask yourself.
If you have family money, good connections or an easy start in a career, use them for work that others can judge on its merits. Take the chance when it comes, and expect more scrutiny than most people face.
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
Luo Tong is made commander (羅通拜帥)
Named for this lot in the related Goodfate edition.
Where this text comes from
This verse is a traditional temple text with no known author. No single original edition is known and wording differs between temples, so we compare named witnesses and record where they differ.
Míguāng (覓光) (the text shown above)
自小生身富貴家 / 眼前萬事總奢華 / 要君賜受金魚袋 / 四海傳名足可誇
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Jiěqiān Gé (解籤閣)
自小生身富貴家 / 眼前萬事總奢華 / 要君賜受金魚袋 / 四海傳名足可誇
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Goodfate (今日運勢), a related edition
自小生身富貴家 / 眼前萬事總奢華 / 蒙君賜受金魚袋 / 四海傳名足可誇
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Where the sources differ
- Line 3 reads 蒙君賜受金魚袋 in the related Goodfate edition.
English translation and commentary are by Cast & Chart.