Wong Tai Sin lot 9 of 100
Tao Yuanming admires the chrysanthemums
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.
瑤琴一曲奏新腔
明月清風枕簟涼
咸集嘉賓同賞菊
或歌或舞或飛觴
A jade zither plays a new tune.
A bright moon and a clean breeze, and a cool mat to rest on.
All the fine guests gather to admire the chrysanthemums.
Some sing, some dance, and some pass the wine cup.
What this lot says
A pleasant evening among friends, with music, cool air and flowers. There is no problem in the verse at all.
It reads as a lot about enjoyment and good company. It does not say the enjoyment lasts, only that this is a good scene to be part of.
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
Tao Yuanming admires the chrysanthemums (陶淵明賞菊)
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)
瑤琴一曲奏新腔 / 明月清風枕簟涼 / 咸集嘉賓同賞菊 / 或歌或舞或飛觴
Retrieved 2026-11-09
Luckeyes (算命眼, luckeyes.com)
瑤琴一曲奏新腔 / 明月清風枕蕈涼 / 咸集嘉賓同賞菊 / 或歌或舞或飛觴
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Andy.hk (加賀風水)
瑤琴一曲奏新腔 / 明月清風枕簟涼 / 咸集嘉賓同賞菊 / 或歌或舞或飛觴
Retrieved 2026-11-09
Where the sources differ
- Line 2, character 6: fortunesticks.org and andy.hk read 簟; luckeyes.com reads 蕈. This is a different character.
English translation and commentary are by Cast & Chart.