Guan Yin lot 86 of 100
Leaping the Gate of Yu
Highest (上上). Grade from the related Goodfate edition. Grades differ between temples, and many Taiwanese temples print none.
春來花發映陽臺
萬里舟行進寶來
躍過禹門三級浪
恰如平地一聲雷
Spring comes, and flowers light the sunny terrace.
Boats sail ten thousand miles, bringing treasure.
Leap the three tiers of waves at Yu's Gate,
And it is thunder on level ground.
What this lot says
The third line is the old picture of the fish that jumps the rapids at Yu's Gate. Spring flowers and loaded boats surround it, and the last line compares the leap to a clap of thunder out of a flat, quiet place.
Three tiers of waves means more than one hard push, and the result is noticed suddenly after a long quiet.
If you are sitting an exam, going for a promotion or launching something you have prepared for a long time, put in the full effort now. Preparation that nobody saw can become visible all at once.
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 carp leaps the Dragon Gate (鯉魚躍龍門)
In legend, carp swim upstream against a strong current, and the rare one that leaps the falls at the Dragon Gate turns into a dragon. The image came to stand for success in the imperial examinations, which suits a lot about a sudden rise after long effort.
Source: Wikipedia, Longmen (mythology)
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)
春來花發映陽臺 / 萬里舟行進寶來 / 躍過禹門三級浪 / 恰如平地一聲雷
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Jiěqiān Gé (解籤閣)
春來花發映陽臺 / 萬里舟行進寶來 / 躍過禹門三級浪 / 恰如平地一聲雷
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Goodfate (今日運勢), a related edition
春來花發映陽台 / 萬裡車來進寶財 / 若得禹門三級浪 / 恰如平地一聲雷
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Where the sources differ
- Line 1 reads 春來花發映陽台 in the related Goodfate edition.
- Line 2 reads 萬裡車來進寶財 in the related Goodfate edition.
- Line 3 reads 若得禹門三級浪 in the related Goodfate edition.
English translation and commentary are by Cast & Chart.