Hanlu Temple · eighty lots
Dragon King Hall — Lot 8
This tube asks about timing. The thing you want to start and have not — say it once, inside.
Dragon King Hall · Lot 8Good
水到渠成是古言涓涓不息汇成川莫嫌眼下波澜小终有奔流入海年
What it means: Small amounts add up; the moment makes itself.
The verse is kept in Chinese. It is a four-line regulated poem — rhyme and metre are part of the thing itself, and they do not survive translation. The reading below is written in English.
The reading
The channel fills by degrees. The ripples look small now, but as long as they do not stop they reach the sea.
The Dragon King's lots are about water: when it arrives, the channel is already made.
How to read this grade
Good sits one step below Excellent: the direction is right, but the work has to be carried with diligence and patience. If the verse talks about keeping, gathering or holding steady, that is the point of the lot.
All eighty lots are lines written for Hanlu Temple. They are here to help you put a question into words — no promise, and no medical, financial or legal advice.
Draw this lot in the hall
Walk to the Dragon King Hall, sit down on a cushion and put your palms together. The tube of lots stands by the altar. A lot you drew in the same hall on the same day is remembered, so you can come back and read it again.