Wong Tai Sin lot 52 of 100
Pangu opens heaven and earth
Middling (中平). 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.
上清下濁成天地
清濁相凝便作人
爾欲多求明白事
且將三等細分明
The clear rose and the muddy sank, and heaven and earth were formed.
Clear and muddy joined together, and so people were made.
If you wish to look for much that is plain to understand,
then sort the three ranks carefully and make them clear.
What this lot says
The verse retells a creation tale in two lines: the light and heavy parts separate, then combine to make people. The last two lines turn it into advice to sort things into their ranks.
It reads as a lot about clear thinking and about putting a confusing matter into order before you act. The grade is middling.
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
Pangu opens heaven and earth (盤古開天闢地)
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)
上清下濁成天地 / 清濁相凝便作人 / 爾欲多求明白事 / 且將三等細分明
Retrieved 2026-11-09
Luckeyes (算命眼, luckeyes.com)
上清下濁成天地 / 清濁相凝便作人 / 爾欲多求明白事 / 且將三等細分明
Retrieved 2026-11-09
Andy.hk (加賀風水)
上清下濁成天地 / 清濁相凝便作人 / 爾欲籤求明白事 / 且將三等細分明
Retrieved 2026-11-09
Where the sources differ
- Line 3, character 3: fortunesticks.org and luckeyes.com read 多; andy.hk reads 籤. This is a different character.
- The allusion in the lot title: fortunesticks.org and luckeyes.com name it 盤古開天闢地; andy.hk names it 盤古開闢天地.
- The allusion in the lot title: the temple's website (Sik Sik Yuen, taonet.siksikyuen.org.hk) names it 天地人三才.
English translation and commentary are by Cast & Chart.