Hanlu Temple · eighty lots
Earth God Shrine — Lot 4
This tube asks about household. Pick the thing at home that worries you most, and hold it in mind.
Earth God Shrine · Lot 4Fair
家长里短莫较真牙齿还咬舌头根各退一步量三尺让出一个福满门
What it means: A family quarrel. One step back ends it.
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 argument at home is mostly words running ahead of sense. Both sides give a little, do not bring up old accounts, and it is over within three days.
The Earth God looks after one patch of ground. His lots always come back to harmony.
How to read this grade
Fair is not a bad lot. It means even — no great tailwind, no wall. This band most often lands on doing the thing in front of you well and not changing roads yet.
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 Earth God Shrine, 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.