Hanlu Temple · eighty lots
Wenquxing Hall — Lot 6
This tube asks about studies. Write the exam you have to pass clearly in your mind.
Wenquxing Hall · Lot 6Fair
榜上无名莫怨天卷中得失细寻研此番权当磨刀石再试锋芒定斩坚
What it means: A miss this time is not a waste. Go through it and go again.
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
Not making the list does not mean the effort was wasted. Find every lost mark, one by one, and treat it as a whetstone. Next time the edge will be sharper.
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.