Guan Yin lot 70 of 100
A bee with no flowers left
Lowest (下下). Grade from lot 70 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.
朝朝役役恰如蜂
飛來飛去西復東
春暮花殘無覔處
此身不戀舊叢中
Day after day you toil just like a bee,
Flying here, flying there, west and east again.
Spring is ending, the flowers are spent, there is nothing to find.
This body no longer clings to the old clump of blooms.
What this lot says
The bee works hard all day and goes wherever the flowers are. When spring ends there are no flowers, and all that effort has nowhere to land. The last line says it is time to leave the old patch.
Hard work alone cannot fix a season that has passed. The verse advises you to stop and look for where the flowers are now.
If a business, role or routine keeps you busy and returns less each year, ask whether the market or the need has moved. Leaving can be the sensible choice. Decide calmly and prepare the next place before you go.
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
Li Mi rises against the Tang (李密反唐)
Named for this lot in the related Goodfate edition.
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)
朝朝役役恰如蜂 / 飛來飛去西復東 / 春暮花殘無覔處 / 此身不戀舊叢中
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Jiěqiān Gé (解籤閣)
朝朝役役恰如蜂 / 飛來飛去西復東 / 春暮花殘無覔處 / 此身不戀舊叢中
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Where the sources differ
- The related Goodfate edition has a substantially different verse for this lot.
English translation and commentary are by Cast & Chart.