Guan Yin lot 50 of 100
A full boat, a fair wind
Very favourable (上吉). Grade from the related Goodfate edition. Grades differ between temples, and many Taiwanese temples print none.
五湖四海盡行船
高掛風帆把舵堅
幸得順風隨所至
滿船寶貝稱心田
Across five lakes and four seas, boats go everywhere.
Hoist the sail high and hold the tiller firm.
By luck a fair wind takes you where you go,
A boat full of treasure to please your heart.
What this lot says
Boats travel every lake and sea, the sail is raised high and the tiller is held firm. The verse pairs luck with skill: the wind is fair, and the person steering has kept a steady hand.
The advice is to set a course and stay at the helm. Good conditions reward those who are already out on the water and paying attention.
If you are opening a shop, expanding a service or taking your work to new customers, this is an encouraging lot for going ahead. Keep your direction clear, and keep checking the weather, because a fair wind can always change.
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
Tao Zhu retires to the five lakes (陶朱歸五湖)
After Yue defeated Wu, Fan Li resigned from King Goujian's service and took the name Tao Zhugong, and tradition says he retired to a fishing boat on Lake Tai and became a legend for his success in business. The story suits a lot about a boat, a fair wind and a full hold.
Source: Wikipedia, Fan Li (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)
五湖四海盡行船 / 高掛風帆把舵堅 / 幸得順風隨所至 / 滿船寶貝稱心田
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Jiěqiān Gé (解籤閣)
五湖四海盡行船 / 高掛風帆把舵堅 / 幸得順風隨所至 / 滿船寶貝稱心田
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Goodfate (今日運勢), a related edition
五湖四海盡行船 / 高挂風帆把舵堅 / 幸得順風隨所至 / 滿船寶貝稱心田
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Where the sources differ
- Line 2 reads 高挂風帆把舵堅 in the related Goodfate edition.
English translation and commentary are by Cast & Chart.