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Chinese Fortune Sticks Foundations

Understand Lingqian terminology, lot-poem fields, Guanyin corpus variants, evidence boundaries, and safe use before reading an individual number.

Core names
Lingqian · Kau chim · Chinese fortune sticks · Chinese fortune sticks foundations · Lingqian basics

Catalog reference updated: · Maintained by OpenFate · Editorial Methodology

Overview

The essential foundation is corpus identity. “Chinese fortune sticks” can refer to different numbered collections, while this Wiki’s numbered pages use one pinned Guanyin 100-lot recension and disclose its variants.

At a glance

Page role
Topic hub
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

Explore concepts

Direct answer

The essential foundation is corpus identity. “Chinese fortune sticks” can refer to different numbered collections, while this Wiki’s numbered pages use one pinned Guanyin 100-lot recension and disclose its variants.

A reliable method

Identify the practice, institution, corpus size, number, poem, grade, palace, classical glosses, and allusion label. Treat each as a separate field so a mismatch can be found instead of averaged away.

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

Worked example

Two pages both call an item “Guanyin lot 1,” but one poem begins with 天開地闢 and the other does not. The first task is textual identification, not choosing the interpretation you prefer.

Close misreading and alternative

A shared title or grade may look convincing while the poem differs. The poem and provenance carry more identifying weight than an isolated “upper” or “lower” label.

Sources and limits

The essential foundation is corpus identity. “Chinese fortune sticks” can refer to different numbered collections, while this Wiki’s numbered pages use one pinned Guanyin 100-lot recension and disclose its variants. Identify the practice, institution, corpus size, number, poem, grade, palace, classical glosses, and allusion label. Treat each as a separate field so a mismatch can be found instead of averaged away. 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. 科技大觀園：籤詩文化與科學邏輯
    Article C000003/53466466: discussion of lot-poem structure and historical, literary, dramatic, legendary, and folk-story materialsA scholar-authored public article used for lot-poem anatomy and the role of stories from history, novels, drama, legend, and folklore—not as evidence of predictive accuracy.

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