Guan Yin lot 53 of 100
Dragon song, tiger roar
Favourable (中吉). Grade from the related Goodfate edition. Grades differ between temples, and many Taiwanese temples print none.
失意翻成得意時
龍吟虎嘯兩相宜
青雲有路終須到
許我功名必可期
Disappointment turns into a time of triumph.
The dragon sings, the tiger roars, and both are well matched.
The blue-cloud road is there, and in the end you reach it.
Rank and name are promised me, and surely can be hoped for.
What this lot says
A dragon's call and a tiger's roar answer each other. The verse pictures two strong forces that finally suit one another, at the point where a setback has just turned around. Blue clouds are the old image for high office, and the road to them is open.
The advice is to keep walking. The verse says the road arrives in the end and gives no date.
After a rejected application or a failed pitch, this lot suggests trying again with someone whose strengths match yours. Treat the promise in the last line as encouragement, and keep doing the work.
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
Liu Bei takes a bride (劉備招親)
Liu Bei married Lady Sun, sister of Sun Quan, in 209 to strengthen their alliance, and the Romance of the Three Kingdoms adds an invented plot by Zhou Yu behind the betrothal. In the novel a scheme aimed at him ends in a marriage and an ally, which suits a lot about a setback turning around.
Source: Wikipedia, Lady Sun
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)
失意翻成得意時 / 龍吟虎嘯兩相宜 / 青雲有路終須到 / 許我功名必可期
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Jiěqiān Gé (解籤閣)
失意翻成得意時 / 龍吟虎嘯兩相宜 / 青雲有路終須到 / 許我功名必可期
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Goodfate (今日運勢), a related edition
失意翻成得意時 / 龍吟虎嘯兩相宜 / 青雲有路終須到 / 許我功名必可期
Retrieved 2026-11-08
English translation and commentary are by Cast & Chart.