Wong Tai Sin lot 83 of 100
Master Chisong calls him to retire
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.
凡塵身歷幾時閒
世事渾如疊疊山
既富尚憂無貴子
不知花放又花殘
In the dusty world, how long has a body ever had leisure?
Worldly matters are like mountains piled on mountains.
Though already rich, one still frets over having no worthy heir.
No one notices the flowers open and then fade.
What this lot says
Busy lives never reach rest, and even wealth brings new worries. Meanwhile the seasons go by unseen.
It is a middling lot. It asks you to notice what you are missing while you are occupied.
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
Master Chisong calls him to retire (赤松子招隱)
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)
凡塵身歷幾時閒 / 世事渾如疊疊山 / 既富尚憂無貴子 / 不知花放又花殘
Retrieved 2026-11-09
Luckeyes (算命眼, luckeyes.com)
凡塵身歷幾時閒 / 世事渾如疊疊山 / 既富尚憂無貴子 / 不知花放又花殘
Retrieved 2026-11-09
Andy.hk (加賀風水)
凡塵身歷幾時閒 / 世事渾如疊疊山 / 既富尚憂無貴子 / 不知花放又花殘
Retrieved 2026-11-09
Where the sources differ
- The allusion in the lot title: fortunesticks.org and luckeyes.com name it 赤松子招隱; andy.hk names it 范丹問卜.
- The allusion in the lot title: the temple's website (Sik Sik Yuen, taonet.siksikyuen.org.hk) names it 人心不足.
English translation and commentary are by Cast & Chart.