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Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy

Guanyin Fortune Poem No. 97: Zhuge Liang's Six Marches to Qishan

Guanyin Fortune Poem No. 97 is rated Fair Fortune, and its story is “Zhuge Liang's Six Marches to Qishan”. In plain words: Moonlight on the ground looks like white jade, but you can't pick it up. Don't chase what isn't real. Just enjoy it.

Fair Fortune
In the garden, moonlight stirs the thin shadows,as if the ground were paved with white jade.Again and again, children come to gather it up,but however they try, their hands come back empty.

Original Chinese

園林月色搖疎影恍若鋪成滿地瓊幾度兒童來收拾豈知收拾總無成

The story behind it

Zhuge Liang's Six Marches to Qishan

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Questions people ask

Is Guanyin Fortune Poem No. 97 a good fortune?

It is rated Fair Fortune. Moonlight on the ground looks like white jade, but you can't pick it up. Don't chase what isn't real. Just enjoy it. A fortune poem is a reminder, not an order. The choice is yours.

What does Guanyin Fortune Poem No. 97 say in English?

In the garden, moonlight stirs the thin shadows, / as if the ground were paved with white jade. / Again and again, children come to gather it up, / but however they try, their hands come back empty.

Different temples may use slightly different versions.

A fortune poem is a reminder, not an order. The choice is yours.

Chinese poem font: Wang Han-zong Li Shu (GPL v2), with a few added glyphs