Wong Tai Sin lot 67 of 100
Li Yuanba claims to be the strongest
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.
人雖勇力不能當
莫恃英雄獨冠場
可挾泰山超北海
身心猶貴重存亡
Though a man's strength is such that none can stand against him,
do not rely on it, or on being a hero who tops the field.
He may tuck Mount Tai under his arm and leap over the Northern Sea,
yet mind and body still have to care for staying alive.
What this lot says
Great strength is acknowledged, then qualified: even the strongest person has to look after survival.
It is a middling lot. Read it as a caution against relying on one strength, and as a reminder to value safety.
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
Li Yuanba claims to be the strongest (李元霸稱雄)
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)
人雖勇力不能當 / 莫恃英雄獨冠場 / 可挾泰山超北海 / 身心猶貴重存亡
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Luckeyes (算命眼, luckeyes.com)
人雖勇力不能當 / 莫恃英雄獨冠場 / 可挾泰山超北海 / 身心猶貴重存亡
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Andy.hk (加賀風水)
人雖勇力不能當 / 莫恃英雄獨冠場 / 可挾泰山超北海 / 身心猶貴重存亡
Retrieved 2026-11-09
Where the sources differ
- The allusion in the lot title: fortunesticks.org and luckeyes.com name it 李元霸稱雄; andy.hk names it 項羽被困.
- The allusion in the lot title: the temple's website (Sik Sik Yuen, taonet.siksikyuen.org.hk) names it 霸王自縊.
English translation and commentary are by Cast & Chart.