Guan Yin lot 71 of 100
One bow, two arrows
Lowest (下下). Grade from the related Goodfate edition. Grades differ between temples, and many Taiwanese temples print none.
誰知愛寵遇強徒
女子當年嫁二夫
自是一弓施兩箭
騎龍跨馬上安居
Who knew the beloved would meet a ruffian?
That year the woman married a second husband.
It is one bow with two arrows set to fly.
Riding dragon, astride horse, up to a settled home.
What this lot says
A bow can send only one arrow well at a time. The verse uses the old, blunt figure of a woman with two husbands to speak about split ties, and about a bond disturbed by someone forceful from outside.
It ends by riding toward a settled home. After disruption, the aim is stability.
If you are caught between two partners, two employers or two promises, decide which one you will honor and tell the other honestly. Where someone is pressuring or threatening you, get help and put your safety first.
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
Zhuo Wenjun runs away with Sima Xiangru (卓文君夜奔司馬相如)
Zhuo Wenjun, widowed young, heard the poet Sima Xiangru play the qin at her family's home and ran away with him. Her angry father cut off support until the couple's wine shop shamed him into relenting, and she stands here for a second marriage that found its footing.
Source: Wikipedia, Zhuo Wenjun
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)
誰知愛寵遇強徒 / 女子當年嫁二夫 / 自是一弓施兩箭 / 騎龍跨馬上安居
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Jiěqiān Gé (解籤閣)
誰知愛寵遇強徒 / 女子當年嫁二夫 / 自是一弓施兩箭 / 騎龍跨馬上安居
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Goodfate (今日運勢), a related edition
誰知愛寵遇強徒 / 女子當年嫁二夫 / 自是一弓施兩箭 / 騎龍跨馬上安居
Retrieved 2026-11-08
English translation and commentary are by Cast & Chart.