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Chinese fortune poems, one page each

Mazu's Fortune Poems

Mazu Fortune Poem No. 74: You two share a bond from long ago.

Mazu Fortune Poem No. 74 is paired with the Pi · Standstill hexagram. In plain words: Look at the person beside you who isn't family but has stayed with you all along. Trust each other with your whole heart, and your joys will double.

Pi · Standstill
You two share a bond from long ago.Rowing the same boat, you're closer than kin.If you can truly trust each other with your hearts,the joy and wealth that follow will have no equal.

Original Chinese

與子當年有宿因同舟共濟勝周親若能竟把真心托添喜添財孰比倫

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Questions people ask

Is Mazu Fortune Poem No. 74 a good fortune?

This set is not ranked from good to bad here. What matters is the reminder: Look at the person beside you who isn't family but has stayed with you all along. Trust each other with your whole heart, and your joys will double. The choice is yours.

What does Mazu Fortune Poem No. 74 say in English?

You two share a bond from long ago. / Rowing the same boat, you're closer than kin. / If you can truly trust each other with your hearts, / the joy and wealth that follow will have no equal.

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