Chinese fortune poems, one page each
Mazu's Fortune Poems
Mazu Fortune Poem No. 71: For now, keeping shop beats traveling to trade.
Mazu Fortune Poem No. 71 is paired with the Wu Wang · Innocence hexagram. In plain words: For now, staying put and minding your shop beats running around. After midwinter, every trip out will go well.
Original Chinese
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Questions people ask
Is Mazu Fortune Poem No. 71 a good fortune?
This set is not ranked from good to bad here. What matters is the reminder: For now, staying put and minding your shop beats running around. After midwinter, every trip out will go well. The choice is yours.
What does Mazu Fortune Poem No. 71 say in English?
For now, keeping shop beats traveling to trade. / Don't set out on wild waters from the river's edge. / Wait until the light returns after midwinter; / then everything you go out for will thrive.