Wong Tai Sin lot 53 of 100
Feng Xuan serves Lord Mengchang
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.
珠履三千客孟嘗
誰人識得有鷹揚
其中彈鋏歸來者
便是英雄志莫當
Three thousand guests in jewelled shoes served Mengchang.
Who could recognise the one with a hawk's spirit among them?
Among them the man who strummed his sword hilt and sang of going home
is a hero whose ambition nothing can withstand.
What this lot says
Among a large crowd of followers, one stands out, and few notice it at first. The verse is about hidden ability in an unexpected person.
It reads as a good lot about looking past appearances, whether you are the one overlooked or the one judging.
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
Feng Xuan serves Lord Mengchang (馮曖客孟嘗)
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)
珠履三千客孟嘗 / 誰人識得有鷹揚 / 其中彈鋏歸來者 / 便是英雄志莫當
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Luckeyes (算命眼, luckeyes.com)
珠履三千客孟嘗 / 誰人識得有鷹揚 / 其中彈鋏歸來者 / 便是英雄志莫當
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Andy.hk (加賀風水)
珠履三千客孟嘗 / 誰人識得有鷹揚 / 其中彈鋏歸來者 / 便是英雄志莫量
Retrieved 2026-11-09
Where the sources differ
- Line 4, character 7: fortunesticks.org and luckeyes.com read 當; andy.hk reads 量. This is a different character.
- andy.hk adds its own note to the text: "量本作當".
- The allusion in the lot title: fortunesticks.org and luckeyes.com name it 馮曖客孟嘗; andy.hk names it 馮煖客孟嘗.
English translation and commentary are by Cast & Chart.