Wong Tai Sin lot 30 of 100
Regret at Mawei
Lowest (下下). 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.
傾國傾城媚百生
六宮粉黛盡無名
馬嵬山下魂飛去
至今明皇長恨情
A beauty who could topple cities, with a hundred charms.
In the six palaces the powdered ladies were all left nameless.
Below Mawei Hill her spirit flew away.
To this day the Emperor Ming carries a long regret.
What this lot says
The verse names the Mawei episode and its lasting grief. Beauty and power rose together, and the ending was loss.
The lot is graded lowest. As a prompt for reflection, it warns about what is given up for a single attachment, and about regret that lasts longer than the event.
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
Regret at Mawei (馬嵬長恨)
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)
傾國傾城媚百生 / 六宮粉黛盡無名 / 馬嵬山下魂飛去 / 至今明皇長恨情
Retrieved 2026-11-09
Luckeyes (算命眼, luckeyes.com)
傾國傾城媚百生 / 六宮粉黛盡無名 / 馬嵬山下魂飛去 / 至今明皇長恨情
Retrieved 2026-11-09
Andy.hk (加賀風水)
傾國傾城媚百生 / 六宮粉黛盡無名 / 馬嵬山下魂飛去 / 至令明皇長恨情
Retrieved 2026-11-09
Where the sources differ
- Line 4, character 2: fortunesticks.org and luckeyes.com read 今; andy.hk reads 令. This is a different character.
- The allusion in the lot title: fortunesticks.org names it 馬嵬長恨; luckeyes.com and andy.hk name it 貴妃自縊.
English translation and commentary are by Cast & Chart.