Wong Tai Sin lot 25 of 100
Zhu Hongwu takes the throne
High (上吉). 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.
群山擾擾朝中嶽
有似為臣列鵠班
拱立兩行齊整肅
自居此地豈無歡
Crowds of hills press in toward the central peak.
They look like ministers lined up in the court.
They stand with hands joined, in two neat rows.
Holding this place, how could there be no joy?
What this lot says
The mountains are pictured as a court, bowing toward the highest peak. It is an image of rank, order and a settled position.
It is a favourable lot about standing and authority. Read it as being in the right place at the head of things.
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
Zhu Hongwu takes the throne (朱洪武登基)
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)
群山擾擾朝中嶽 / 有似為臣列鵠班 / 拱立兩行齊整肅 / 自居此地豈無歡
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Luckeyes (算命眼, luckeyes.com)
群山擾擾朝中岳 / 有似與臣列鵲班 / 拱立兩行齊整肅 / 自居此地豈無歡
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Andy.hk (加賀風水)
群山擾擾朝中嶽 / 有似為臣列鵠班 / 拱立兩行齊整肅 / 自居此地豈無歡
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Where the sources differ
- Line 1, character 7: fortunesticks.org and andy.hk read 嶽; luckeyes.com reads 岳. This is the same character in a different written form.
- Line 2, character 3: fortunesticks.org and andy.hk read 為; luckeyes.com reads 與. This is a different character.
- Line 2, character 6: fortunesticks.org and andy.hk read 鵠; luckeyes.com reads 鵲. This is a different character.
- The allusion in the lot title: the temple's website (Sik Sik Yuen, taonet.siksikyuen.org.hk) names it 五岳泰山.
English translation and commentary are by Cast & Chart.