Hanlu Temple · eighty lots
Wenquxing Hall — Lot 4
This tube asks about studies. Write the exam you have to pass clearly in your mind.
Wenquxing Hall · Lot 4Fair
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What it means: Ask for help. Do not be pleased with yourself.
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
A small success now invites complacency. Show your work to someone who knows, and ask one honest question — it can save you half a year of detours. Do not rush to display it.
Wenchang's lots rarely mention luck. They talk about work and frame of mind.
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 Wenquxing 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.