Wong Tai Sin lot 92 of 100
Confucius hears the Shao music
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.
至聖周遊列國行
在齊得聽奏韶樂
三月不知嘉肉味
善哉大道可功成
The Supreme Sage travelled through the states.
In Qi he was able to hear the Shao music played.
For three months he did not notice the taste of fine meat.
How good: the great Way can succeed.
What this lot says
A teacher hears music so fine that it takes over his attention for months. The verse links that to a hopeful view of the Way.
It is a good lot about being absorbed in something worth the attention.
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
Confucius hears the Shao music (孔子聞韶樂)
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)
至聖周遊列國行 / 在齊得聽奏韶樂 / 三月不知嘉肉味 / 善哉大道可功成
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Luckeyes (算命眼, luckeyes.com)
至聖周游列國行 / 在齊得聽奏韶樂 / 三月不知嘉肉味 / 善哉大道可功成
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Andy.hk (加賀風水)
至聖周遊列國行 / 在齊得聽奏樂聲 / 三月不知嘉肉味 / 善哉大道可功成
Retrieved 2026-11-09
Where the sources differ
- Line 1, character 4: fortunesticks.org and andy.hk read 遊; luckeyes.com reads 游. This is the same character in a different written form.
- Line 2, character 6: fortunesticks.org and luckeyes.com read 韶; andy.hk reads 樂. This is a different character.
- Line 2, character 7: fortunesticks.org and luckeyes.com read 樂; andy.hk reads 聲. This is a different character.
English translation and commentary are by Cast & Chart.