Wong Tai Sin lot 49 of 100
Sima Xiangru writes on the bridge
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.
十年窗下苦功成
有志難舒願不輕
試看題橋十三字
生平心誓確鍾情
Ten years of hard study at the window have borne fruit.
He has ambition but cannot yet show it, and his wish is no small one.
Look at the thirteen characters he wrote on the bridge.
His vow for life was surely sincere.
What this lot says
Years of study lead to an ambition that is not yet recognised. The bridge inscription stands for a vow made in public.
It reads as a good lot about commitment and patience, with success held back for now.
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
Sima Xiangru writes on the bridge (司馬相如題橋)
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)
十年窗下苦功成 / 有志難舒願不輕 / 試看題橋十三字 / 生平心誓確鍾情
Retrieved 2026-11-09
Luckeyes (算命眼, luckeyes.com)
十年窗下苦功成 / 有志難舒願不輕 / 試看題橋十三字 / 生平心誓確鐘情
Retrieved 2026-11-09
Andy.hk (加賀風水)
十年窗下苦功成 / 有志難舒願不輕 / 試看題橋十三字 / 生平心誓確鍾情
Retrieved 2026-11-09
Where the sources differ
- Line 4, character 6: fortunesticks.org and andy.hk read 鍾; luckeyes.com reads 鐘. This is the same character in a different written form.
English translation and commentary are by Cast & Chart.