Mazu Fortune Poem No. 35: For now you stay in a thatched hut with a reed window.

Mazu Fortune Poem No. 35 is paired with the Qian · Modesty hexagram. In plain words: Don't be sad about a humble place for now; accept where you are and stay cheerful. When the spring thunder rolls, everything wakes up again.

Qian · Modesty

For now you stay in a thatched hut with a reed window.Know your lot, be glad of heaven, and don't grieve.Wait and watch: spring thunder shakes the hidden burrows,and every sleeping creature turns and wakes.

Original Chinese

蓬窗草舍暫淹留知命樂天休謾悲竚看震雷驚曲竇直教群蟄盡回頭

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Questions people ask

Is Mazu Fortune Poem No. 35 a good fortune?

This set is not ranked from good to bad here. What matters is the reminder: Don't be sad about a humble place for now; accept where you are and stay cheerful. When the spring thunder rolls, everything wakes up again. The choice is yours.

What does Mazu Fortune Poem No. 35 say in English?

For now you stay in a thatched hut with a reed window. / Know your lot, be glad of heaven, and don't grieve. / Wait and watch: spring thunder shakes the hidden burrows, / and every sleeping creature turns and wakes.

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