Wong Tai Sin lot 14 of 100
Su Dongpo retires to the country
Good (中吉). 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.
為愛幽閒多種竹
買春賞雨在茅屋
醉時臥倒杏花邊
怕聽鶯兒驚夢熟
Loving quiet and leisure, he planted bamboo everywhere.
He bought spring wine and enjoyed the rain, in a thatched house.
Drunk, he lies down beside the apricot blossom.
He is afraid the orioles will wake him from a deep dream.
What this lot says
A person has chosen a simple life: bamboo, rain, a thatched roof, wine and sleep among blossom. The only worry is a bird that might wake him.
It reads as contentment found by stepping back. Whether that suits your question depends on whether you want rest or advancement.
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 Dongpo retires to the country (東坡歸隱)
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)
為愛幽閒多種竹 / 買春賞雨在茅屋 / 醉時臥倒杏花邊 / 怕聽鶯兒驚夢熟
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Luckeyes (算命眼, luckeyes.com)
為愛幽閒多種竹 / 買春賞雨在茅屋 / 醉時臥倒杏花邊 / 怕聽鶯兒驚夢熟
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Andy.hk (加賀風水)
為愛幽閒多種竹 / 買春賞雨在茅屋 / 醉時臥倒杏花邊 / 怕聽鶯兒驚夢熟
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Where the sources differ
- The allusion in the lot title: fortunesticks.org names it 東坡歸隱; luckeyes.com names it 蘇東坡醉酒; andy.hk names it 陶淵明(蘇東坡)醉酒.
- The grade: the temple's website (Sik Sik Yuen, taonet.siksikyuen.org.hk) gives 中平 (Middling).
- The allusion in the lot title: the temple's website (Sik Sik Yuen, taonet.siksikyuen.org.hk) names it 陶淵明醉酒.
English translation and commentary are by Cast & Chart.