Guan Yin lots · 觀音靈籤
Guan Yin lot 50
Free Across the Lakes · Tao Zhu retires to the Five Lakes
中籤Middle Lot in the Hong Kong text
繁體中文
In one line
A movement lot with a condition attached. Lines one and two grant freedom; line three makes the speed depend on a wind you do not control.
The verse, line by line
五湖四海任君行
The five lakes and four seas are yours to cross.
高掛帆蓬自在撑
Raise the sail high and steer at your ease.
若得順風隨即至
Should a following wind come, you arrive at once,
滿船寶貝喜層層
the boat full of treasure, the gladness piled high.
The Chinese is the Hong Kong published text. The English is a plain rendering written by kaucim.ai to carry the sense of each line; it is not an official or literary translation, and a classical verse supports more than one reading.
Hong Kong and Taiwan texts compared
| Line | Hong Kong | Taiwan |
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| 1 | 五湖四海任君行 | 五湖四海盡行船 |
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| 2 | 高掛帆蓬自在撑 | 高掛風帆把舵堅 |
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| 3 | 若得順風隨即至 | 幸得順風隨所至 |
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| 4 | 滿船寶貝喜層層 | 滿船寶貝稱心田 |
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All four lines are worded differently between the traditions while keeping the same shape: a voyage, a sail, a following wind, a full hold. The difference worth knowing is in line two. The Hong Kong text has 自在撑, steer at your ease; the Taiwan text has 把舵堅, hold the tiller firm. Hong Kong grants you ease on the crossing, Taiwan asks for a steady hand on it. The reading above follows the Hong Kong text.
Compare the line on your own slip before applying a reading. Lot numbers match across the two traditions; individual characters do not always.
Tao Zhu retires to the Five Lakes
Tao Zhu is the name Fan Li took after leaving the state of Yue. He had served through the long campaign against Wu, and once it was won he declined the reward, left by boat, and made a second fortune in trade under a new name. The phrase 歸五湖, returning to the five lakes, is his exit.
What lot books draw from him is the timing of the departure. The money is the part they leave alone. Fan Li left at the moment of success, and the companion who stayed did not survive the peace. The story is about knowing when a chapter is finished.
Traditional palace assignment: Hai palace (宮位), one of the twelve branch positions the old lot books use to file each verse.
Reading lot 50
Lot 50 is graded a Middle Lot, which sits oddly against a verse that ends with a boat full of treasure until you look at the third line. "Should a following wind come" is a conditional, and everything glad in the fourth line hangs off it.
So the lot divides cleanly. What it grants is range: the first two lines are about being free to go, steering at your own pace, unconstrained by position. What it withholds is speed, because the wind is external.
Against a real question, that reads as support for making the move and against forecasting how quickly it pays. If you drew this over leaving something, Fan Li's story adds one more point: he left at the top, and the lot sits more comfortably with a departure from strength than with an escape.
A verse can give you a frame for thinking about a situation. It cannot report what another person has decided, and it cannot confirm that a particular event will happen.
Questions about lot 50
Is Guan Yin lot 50 good for changing jobs or moving?
It is a movement lot and its first two lines grant range and self-direction. It is graded a Middle Lot because the third line is conditional: the speed of the payoff depends on a following wind, which is outside your control. It supports the move without forecasting the timing.
Who is Tao Zhu in lot 50?
Tao Zhu Gong is the name Fan Li took after leaving the state of Yue at the height of its victory. He refused the reward, left by boat, and made a second fortune in trade. The lot draws on the timing of his exit. The wealth is incidental to it.
Does lot 50 promise wealth?
The treasure in line four sits behind the conditional in line three. The verse promises range. The cargo is what line three is holding back, and a reading that quotes the last line without the third has dropped the condition the verse itself attached.
Text and sources
Chinese text checked against both traditions on 2026-07-25; English edition 2026-09-22. The verses are public-domain classical text. The English rendering, the comparison notes and the reading are written by kaucim.ai. kaucim.ai is independently developed and has no official affiliation with, or authorization from, any temple.
