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Chinese fortune poems, one page each

Mazu's Fortune Poems

Mazu Fortune Poem No. 2: Serve your ruler well, and repay your parents' love.

Mazu Fortune Poem No. 2 is paired with the Heng · Duration hexagram. In plain words: Be true in every relationship, and your boat will sail steady. Fair winds are coming, and once trouble clears, good things grow.

Heng · Duration
Serve your ruler well, and repay your parents' love.True in all five bonds, you move the gods.Go where you will on a single, easy sail.Troubles melt away, and blessings start to grow.

Original Chinese

臣報君恩子報親五倫無愧感神明一帆順境憑君去災患消除福祿生

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Questions people ask

Is Mazu Fortune Poem No. 2 a good fortune?

This set is not ranked from good to bad here. What matters is the reminder: Be true in every relationship, and your boat will sail steady. Fair winds are coming, and once trouble clears, good things grow. The choice is yours.

What does Mazu Fortune Poem No. 2 say in English?

Serve your ruler well, and repay your parents' love. / True in all five bonds, you move the gods. / Go where you will on a single, easy sail. / Troubles melt away, and blessings start to grow.

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