Wong Tai Sin lot 79 of 100
Zhang Liang awakens to the Way
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.
富貴有如春夢熟
世人何苦力爭求
任他秉笏當朝立
到死惟留土一杯
Wealth and rank are like a ripe spring dream.
Why do people struggle so hard to get them?
Let them stand at court holding their tablets of office.
At death all that is left is a handful of earth.
What this lot says
The verse questions the value of rank and wealth, pointing out that all that remains at the end is the same for everyone.
It is a middling lot, and a plain prompt to ask what you are pursuing and why.
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
Zhang Liang awakens to the Way (張良悟道)
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)
富貴有如春夢熟 / 世人何苦力爭求 / 任他秉笏當朝立 / 到死惟留土一杯
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Luckeyes (算命眼, luckeyes.com)
富貴有如春夢熟 / 世人何苦力爭求 / 任他秉笏當朝立 / 到死惟留土一仸
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Andy.hk (加賀風水)
富貴有如春夢熟 / 世人何苦力爭求 / 任他秉笏當朝立 / 到死惟留土一坏
Retrieved 2026-11-09
Where the sources differ
- Line 4, character 7: fortunesticks.org reads 杯; luckeyes.com reads 仸; andy.hk reads 坏. This is a different character.
- The allusion in the lot title: fortunesticks.org and luckeyes.com name it 張良悟道; andy.hk names it 鍾馗得道.
- The allusion in the lot title: the temple's website (Sik Sik Yuen, taonet.siksikyuen.org.hk) names it 蘇秦封相.
English translation and commentary are by Cast & Chart.