Wong Tai Sin lot 17 of 100
Chasing the worthy man under the moon
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.
秋水蒹葭白露盈
盈庭月色浸階清
清風吹動馬鈴響
響接晨鐘不斷聲
Autumn water, reeds, and white dew everywhere.
Moonlight fills the courtyard and soaks the clear steps.
A clean breeze stirs the horse's bell.
The ringing runs on into the morning bell without a break.
What this lot says
A night scene that runs without a gap into morning. Each line ends on the word that begins the next, so the verse links up like a chain.
That linked form is the point: one thing follows another smoothly. It reads as a good lot for continuity and for a plan that carries on without interruption.
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
Chasing the worthy man under the moon (月下追賢)
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)
秋水蒹葭白露盈 / 盈庭月色浸階清 / 清風吹動馬鈴響 / 響接晨鐘不斷聲
Retrieved 2026-11-09
Luckeyes (算命眼, luckeyes.com)
秋水蒹葭白露盈 / 盈庭月色浸階清 / 清風吹動馬鈴響 / 響接晨鐘不斷聲
Retrieved 2026-11-09
Andy.hk (加賀風水)
秋水蒹葭白露盈 / 盈庭月色浸階清 / 清風吹動馬鈴響 / 響接晨鐘不斷聲
Retrieved 2026-11-09
Where the sources differ
- 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 月光圓滿.
English translation and commentary are by Cast & Chart.