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Guan Yin lot 46 of 100

Dead trees flower again

Even (中平). Grade from the related Goodfate edition. Grades differ between temples, and many Taiwanese temples print none.

勸君耐守舊生涯

把定身心莫聽邪

直待有人輕著力

滿園枯木再開花

I urge you to bear with your old way of living.

Hold body and mind steady, and do not heed crooked talk.

Wait until someone lends a light hand,

And a garden of dead trees flowers again.

What this lot says

A garden of dead-looking trees flowers again after someone gives it a light touch. The verse asks you first to bear with your present way of living and to ignore crooked advice.

This is a lot about holding steady. Stay with what you know, keep your head clear, and allow that a small push from the right person may matter more than a large effort of your own.

If a business has gone flat or a career feels dried up, be wary of anyone selling a dramatic fix. Keep the essentials going, stay in touch with capable people, and watch for one modest change that brings things back.

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

Fishing on the Wei River (渭水釣魚)

In legend, Jiang Ziya was angling by the Wei River with a straight hook, at the apocryphal age of seventy-two, when King Wen of Zhou found him. The story suits a lot about waiting until someone comes to lend a hand.

Source: Wikipedia, Jiang Ziya (partly legendary)

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)

勸君耐守舊生涯 / 把定身心莫聽邪 / 直待有人輕著力 / 滿園枯木再開花

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Jiěqiān Gé (解籤閣)

勸君耐守舊生涯 / 把定身心莫聽邪 / 直待有人輕著力 / 滿園枯木再開花

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Goodfate (今日運勢), a related edition

勸君耐守舊生涯 / 把定身心莫聽邪 / 直待有人輕著力 / 滿園枯木再開花

Retrieved 2026-11-08

English translation and commentary are by Cast & Chart.