Wong Tai Sin lot 6 of 100
Wang Xizhi goes home
High (上吉). 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.
一片孤帆萬里回
管絃嘔啞且停杯
如雲勝友談風月
暢敘幽情極樂哉
One lone sail returns from ten thousand miles away.
Pipes and strings drone on, so set the cup down for a moment.
Good friends, many as clouds, talk of breeze and moon.
They speak freely of deep feeling, and how joyful it is.
What this lot says
A long journey ends and the traveller is welcomed by friends. The tone is warm and unhurried, with talk, music and drink.
The second line adds a gentle pause: put the cup down. Enjoy the company, and notice when you have had enough.
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
Wang Xizhi goes home (王羲之歸故里)
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)
一片孤帆萬里回 / 管絃嘔啞且停杯 / 如雲勝友談風月 / 暢敘幽情極樂哉
Retrieved 2026-11-09
Luckeyes (算命眼, luckeyes.com)
一片孤帆萬里回 / 管弦嘔啞且停杯 / 如雲勝友談風月 / 暢敘幽情極樂哉
Retrieved 2026-11-09
Andy.hk (加賀風水)
一片孤帆萬里回 / 管絃嘔啞且停杯 / 如雲勝友談風月 / 暢敘幽情極樂哉
Retrieved 2026-11-09
Where the sources differ
- Line 2, character 2: fortunesticks.org and andy.hk read 絃; luckeyes.com reads 弦. This is the same character in a different written form.
- The allusion in the lot title: fortunesticks.org and luckeyes.com name it 王羲之歸故里; andy.hk names it 王勃遊滕王閣.
- The allusion in the lot title: the temple's website (Sik Sik Yuen, taonet.siksikyuen.org.hk) names it 蘇東坡遊滕王閣.
English translation and commentary are by Cast & Chart.