Guan Yin lot 79 of 100
The hare caught, the snare forgotten
Favourable (中吉). Grade from lot 79 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.
虛空結愿結人緣
保得人安愿未還
得兔忘蹄真絕跡
敢將初誓謾輕瞞
A vow made to empty air makes a bond with people.
Their safety was won, but the vow is still unpaid.
Catch the hare, forget the snare, and every trace is gone.
Who would dare make light of a first promise?
What this lot says
Someone made a promise in a hard moment, the hard moment passed, and the promise is still open. The old image of the hare and the snare describes the habit of dropping whatever helped you once you have what you wanted.
The verse asks you to go back and settle up. A first promise still counts after the pressure has gone.
Think of the colleague who covered for you, or the favor you said you would return once the project shipped. Repay it, plainly and soon, before you ask anyone for something new.
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
Secret help at the bronze banners (暗扶倒銅旗)
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)
虛空結愿結人緣 / 保得人安愿未還 / 得兔忘蹄真絕跡 / 敢將初誓謾輕瞞
Retrieved 2026-11-08
Jiěqiān Gé (解籤閣)
虛空結愿結人緣 / 保得人安愿未還 / 得兔忘蹄真絕跡 / 敢將初誓謾輕瞞
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.