Wong Tai Sin lot 55 of 100
Wu Yinzhi throws in the aloeswood
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.
浦號沈香遺舊恨
渡江猶憶古人心
可憐當日辭官去
雖有馨留不易尋
The landing is called Aloeswood and holds an old regret.
Crossing the river, he still remembers the mind of the ancients.
Pity that on that day he resigned his post and left.
Though a fragrance remains, it is not easy to find.
What this lot says
A place name keeps a memory of someone who gave something up and left. The scent that stays behind is faint.
It is a middling lot about what remains after a withdrawal. Something of value is left, though hard to trace.
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
Wu Yinzhi throws in the aloeswood (吳隱之投沉香)
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)
浦號沈香遺舊恨 / 渡江猶憶古人心 / 可憐當日辭官去 / 雖有馨留不易尋
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Luckeyes (算命眼, luckeyes.com)
浦號沉香遺舊恨 / 渡江猶憶古人心 / 可憐當日辭官去 / 濁有馨留不易尋
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Andy.hk (加賀風水)
浦號沈香遺舊恨 / 渡江猶憶古人心 / 可憐當日辭官去 / 雖有馨留不易尋
Retrieved 2026-11-09
Where the sources differ
- Line 1, character 3: fortunesticks.org and andy.hk read 沈; luckeyes.com reads 沉. This is the same character in a different written form.
- Line 4, character 1: fortunesticks.org and andy.hk read 雖; luckeyes.com reads 濁. This is a different character.
English translation and commentary are by Cast & Chart.