Wong Tai Sin lot 81 of 100
Zilu and the pheasant
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.
山梁雌雉得其時
上下飛鳴自樂之
色舉須知翔後集
作聲三嗅過山欹
On the mountain bridge, the hen pheasant has found her season.
She flies up and down, calling, enjoying herself.
At a threatening look she rises; know that she circles before she settles.
She cries out and sniffs three times, then passes over the leaning hill.
What this lot says
A bird that moves at the right time, rising at a threat and circling before it settles, then goes on. The verse is about timing and caution.
It reads as a good lot about reading the moment well and not staying where you are not at home.
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
Zilu and the pheasant (子路拱雉)
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)
山梁雌雉得其時 / 上下飛鳴自樂之 / 色舉須知翔後集 / 作聲三嗅過山欹
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Luckeyes (算命眼, luckeyes.com)
山梁雌雉得其時 / 上下飛鳴自樂之 / 色舉須知翔後集 / 作聲三嗅過山欹
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Andy.hk (加賀風水)
山梁雌雉得其時 / 上下飛鳴自樂之 / 色舉須知翔後集 / 作聲三嗅過山欹
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English translation and commentary are by Cast & Chart.