Lingqian · Foundations

Guanyin 100 Lots vs Guan Di 100 Lots

Separate Guanyin and Guandi hundred-lot corpora even when both use numbers 1–100, using the issuing institution and full poem rather than number alone.

Core names
Lingqian · Kau chim · Chinese fortune sticks · Guanyin lots vs Guan Di lots · Guandi 100 lots comparison

Catalog reference updated: · Maintained by OpenFate · Editorial Methodology

Overview

Both compared sources expose hundred-lot collections, but shared size does not make the entries equivalent. The pinned Guanyin recension and Yichengtang Guandi Temple’s official index belong to different institutions and texts.

At a glance

Page role
Focused guide
Evidence basis
Government, scholarly, and recension sources
Reading rule
Separate the printed text from your contextual inference.
Editorial state
Editorial review draft · 2026-09-12

Direct answer

Both compared sources expose hundred-lot collections, but shared size does not make the entries equivalent. The pinned Guanyin recension and Yichengtang Guandi Temple’s official index belong to different institutions and texts.

A reliable method

Identify deity and temple, copy all poem lines, compare the entry title and gloss fields, and retain each source’s numbering and grade scheme without translating one into the other.

  • Name the exact corpus or temple version.
  • Separate the printed text from your contextual inference.
  • Choose one observable, reversible next action.

Worked example

“Lot 25” is ambiguous until its poem and source are known. Opening the Guanyin 25 page for a Guandi slip can produce a fluent but false match.

Close misreading and alternative

The label “Guandi lot” may cover more than one transmitted edition; this page establishes a contrast with one named official index, not a universal Guandi critical edition.

Sources and limits

Both compared sources expose hundred-lot collections, but shared size does not make the entries equivalent. The pinned Guanyin recension and Yichengtang Guandi Temple’s official index belong to different institutions and texts. Identify deity and temple, copy all poem lines, compare the entry title and gloss fields, and retain each source’s numbering and grade scheme without translating one into the other. Government and scholar-authored references support terminology and cultural structure, while the pinned OpenFate snapshot identifies only the product recension used on these pages. Treat the text as a structured reflection prompt. It cannot verify hidden thoughts, diagnose health, decide legal or financial risk, or guarantee an event or date. Every factual claim stays traceable to a named source reference, while examples show the method rather than establish what will happen. Conflicts, omissions, and version limits remain visible for audit.

Sources and editorial basis

  1. OpenFate Guanyin 100-lot recension contract
    app/modules/lingqian/logic/data/canon.ts: QIAN_CANON; data/provenance.ts: QIAN_CORPUS_PROVENANCE version guanyin-100-openfate-2026-07-30The pinned product repository establishes only the exact fields and recension shown here. It does not establish universal temple practice, historical truth, or predictive validity.
  2. 國史館臺灣文獻館:臺灣民俗文物辭典・籤詩
    「籤詩」entry, ID 891: system sizes, temple-specific corpora, literary materials, and contextual interpretationA Taiwan government reference describing 60-, 64-, and 100-lot families, temple-specific corpora, literary sources, and contextual interpretation.
  3. 新北市政府:常用籤詩解密與參拜求法
    dataserno 201611090011: common lot systems, one-question guidance, three 聖筊, and reference-not-determinism noteGovernment cultural guidance covering common Taiwan lot systems, one question per draw, three sheng jiao confirmation, and a reference-not-determinism boundary.
  4. 高雄意誠堂關帝廟:解籤查詢
    Official 解籤查詢 index: numbered Guandi-temple entries from 第一籤 through 第一百籤An official Guandi-temple index exposing entries one through one hundred. It establishes a separate institutional hundred-lot collection for comparison, not equivalence with the Guanyin recension.
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