Wong Tai Sin lot 10 of 100
Su Qin fails the exam
Middling (中平). Grade as given on the named web transcriptions. We have not seen it on a temple printing, and we do not know that the temple prints one.
一輪月鏡掛空中
偶被浮雲障疊重
玉匣何時光氣吐
誰人借我一狂風
A round moon like a mirror hangs in the sky.
By chance it is covered by layers of drifting cloud.
When will the jade case give out its light?
Who will lend me a wild wind?
What this lot says
The moon is there but is hidden by cloud. The speaker asks when it will show and wishes for a strong wind to clear it.
The verse is about waiting for a block to pass. It names the wish for help but does not say help will come, and it is graded as middling.
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
Su Qin fails the exam (蘇秦不第)
A traditional allusion named with this lot. We have not traced the story to a source we could read, so we do not retell it here.
Where this text comes from
This verse is a traditional temple text with no known author, here read from named web transcriptions. We compared the sites character by character and show every difference. We could not establish whether the sites are independent of one another, and we have not read a temple printing.
Fortune Sticks (fortunesticks.org) (the text shown above)
一輪月鏡掛空中 / 偶被浮雲障疊重 / 玉匣何時光氣吐 / 誰人借我一狂風
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Luckeyes (算命眼, luckeyes.com)
一輪月鏡挂空中 / 偶被浮雲障疊重 / 玉匣何時光氣吐 / 誰人借我一狂風
Retrieved 2026-11-09
Andy.hk (加賀風水)
一輪月鏡掛空中 / 偶被浮雲障疊重 / 玉匣何時光氣吐 / 誰人借我一狂風
Retrieved 2026-11-09
Where the sources differ
- Line 1, character 5: fortunesticks.org and andy.hk read 掛; luckeyes.com reads 挂. This is the same character in a different written form.
English translation and commentary are by Cast & Chart.