Guan Yin lot 66 of 100
A lost sheep meets a tiger
Lowest (下下). Grade from the related Goodfate edition. Grades differ between temples, and many Taiwanese temples print none.
路險馬行人去遠
失群羊困虎相當
危灘船過風翻浪
春暮花殘天降霜
The road is perilous, the horse plods on, the others have gone far.
A sheep strayed from the flock, cornered, faces a tiger.
A boat on dangerous rapids, the wind turning up the waves.
Late spring, the flowers spent, and frost falls from the sky.
What this lot says
Four pictures of bad timing, one per line: a lonely road, a sheep apart from its flock, a boat in rapids, frost on spring's last flowers. Each one is about being exposed, and the sheep's trouble began when it left the others.
The plain advice is to reduce your exposure. Stay close to your people and leave the riskiest stretch for later.
If you are about to make a big move alone at a difficult moment, consider delaying it or bringing someone in. Hard seasons do end, and a modest plan can carry you through this one.
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
The Hegemon-King surrounded (霸王被困)
In 202 BC, Han forces surrounded Xiang Yu of Chu at Gaixia, and the Chu songs they sang at night convinced him his own men had gone over. He is the lone figure cut off from his flock that this lot describes.
Source: Wikipedia, Battle of Gaixia
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)
路險馬行人去遠 / 失群羊困虎相當 / 危灘船過風翻浪 / 春暮花殘天降霜
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Jiěqiān Gé (解籤閣)
路險馬行人去遠 / 失群羊困虎相當 / 危灘船過風翻浪 / 春暮花殘天降霜
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Goodfate (今日運勢), a related edition
路險馬行人去遠 / 失群羊困虎相當 / 危灘船過風翻浪 / 春暮花殘天降霜
Retrieved 2026-11-08
English translation and commentary are by Cast & Chart.