Guan Yin lot 68 of 100
A clear and lucky gate
Even (中平). Grade from lot 68 of the related Goodfate edition, whose verse is worded quite differently, so it is not compared line by line below. Grades differ between temples, and many Taiwanese temples print none.
門庭清吉夢禎祥
積善于門大吉昌
訟理婚成蠶又熟
病逢良藥得安康
The gate and courtyard are clear and lucky, the dreams are good.
Goodness stored up at this door brings great fortune.
The lawsuit is settled, the marriage made, the silkworms ripe.
Illness meets good medicine and finds its ease.
What this lot says
The verse draws a household in good order, with a clean courtyard and pleasant dreams. It traces this to kindness built up over years at that door.
The last two lines list what such a household hopes for. They describe a good season and make no forecast about any legal case or anyone's health, and those matters belong with a lawyer or a doctor.
Its useful point is about accumulation. If you are deciding how to treat a neighbor, a relative or a colleague, think of each small fair act as something stored. Homes and teams with that habit tend to meet trouble better prepared.
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
Guo Ziyi celebrates his birthday (郭汾陽祝壽)
Guo Ziyi, the Tang general titled Prince of Fenyang, lived into his eighties with a large family, and scenes of his banquets and birthdays became a common subject for artists in later centuries. He serves here as the picture of a well-kept house.
Source: Wikipedia, Guo Ziyi
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)
門庭清吉夢禎祥 / 積善于門大吉昌 / 訟理婚成蠶又熟 / 病逢良藥得安康
Retrieved 2026-11-08
Jiěqiān Gé (解籤閣)
門庭清吉夢禎祥 / 積善于門大吉昌 / 訟理婚成蠶又熟 / 病逢良藥得安康
Retrieved 2026-11-08
Where the sources differ
- The related Goodfate edition has a substantially different verse for this lot.
English translation and commentary are by Cast & Chart.