Guan Yin lot 78 of 100
Cold water on white snow
Very favourable (上吉). Grade from the related Goodfate edition. Grades differ between temples, and many Taiwanese temples print none.
冷水來澆白雪洋
不寒不熱自溫涼
要行天下無他事
惟有中藏一藝強
Cold water poured across a sea of white snow:
Neither cold nor hot, it settles mild.
To travel the world you need nothing else
But one strong skill stored up inside.
What this lot says
Cold water on snow changes little, and the verse settles on a temperature that is neither one thing nor the other. It describes a steady temper that outside conditions do not easily shift.
The second half gives the practical point. A person can go anywhere with one skill carried within, because nobody can take it from you on the road.
If you are thinking about a career change or a move, ask what you do better than most people and put your effort there. Keep your mood level while you build it.
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 rescue at Lintong (臨潼救駕)
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)
冷水來澆白雪洋 / 不寒不熱自溫涼 / 要行天下無他事 / 惟有中藏一藝強
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Jiěqiān Gé (解籤閣)
冷水來澆白雪洋 / 不寒不熱自溫涼 / 要行天下無他事 / 惟有中藏一藝強
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Goodfate (今日運勢), a related edition
冷水未燒白沸湯 / 不寒不熱有溫涼 / 要行天下無難事 / 唯有身中百藝強
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Where the sources differ
- Line 1 reads 冷水未燒白沸湯 in the related Goodfate edition.
- Line 2 reads 不寒不熱有溫涼 in the related Goodfate edition.
- Line 3 reads 要行天下無難事 in the related Goodfate edition.
- Line 4 reads 唯有身中百藝強 in the related Goodfate edition.
English translation and commentary are by Cast & Chart.