Anatomy of a Chinese Fortune Stick Poem
Identify the number, grade, palace, four-line poem, allusion title, shiyi, and jieyue in the pinned Guanyin corpus—and know which fields may vary.
Overview
A numbered lot page is a bundle of fields. In this recension it contains number, grade, optional grade variant, palace, four seven-character lines, an allusion title, a shiyi image gloss, and a jieyue explanatory gloss.
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
A numbered lot page is a bundle of fields. In this recension it contains number, grade, optional grade variant, palace, four seven-character lines, an allusion title, a shiyi image gloss, and a jieyue explanatory gloss.
A reliable method
Transcribe each field independently and preserve original characters. Compare line order and punctuation separately from substantive wording, and record an empty source field rather than filling it from memory.
- Name the exact corpus or temple version.
- Separate the printed text from your contextual inference.
- Choose one observable, reversible next action.
Worked example
Lot 12 is recorded as number 12, upper grade, 寅宮, four lines beginning 時臨否極泰當來, the title 武吉遇師, plus separate shiyi and jieyue texts. None of those fields should be merged into a single paraphrase.
Close misreading and alternative
Treating the allusion title as the poem’s literal historical explanation is a near miss. A title is first a transmitted corpus label; a historical retelling needs its own verified source.
Sources and limits
A numbered lot page is a bundle of fields. In this recension it contains number, grade, optional grade variant, palace, four seven-character lines, an allusion title, a shiyi image gloss, and a jieyue explanatory gloss. Transcribe each field independently and preserve original characters. Compare line order and punctuation separately from substantive wording, and record an empty source field rather than filling it from memory. 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
- OpenFate Guanyin 100-lot recension contractapp/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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 百首觀音靈籤之籤題析論：以艋舺龍山寺為例Bibliographic record seq 156003 only; article body is not treated as inspected evidenceA bibliographic record for a 2005 study of Guanyin lot titles at Lungshan Temple. The record is a research lead; unavailable article text is not used for substantive claims.