Lingqian · Textual reference

Fortune Stick Grades, Palaces, Shiyi, and Jieyue

Read upper, middle, and lower grades together with palace, shiyi, jieyue, poem, and recension notes instead of treating one label as a success probability.

Core names
Lingqian · Kau chim · Chinese fortune sticks · Kau chim grades explained

Catalog reference updated: · Maintained by OpenFate · Editorial Methodology

Overview

Grade, palace, shiyi, and jieyue are separate fields in this Guanyin recension. Grade is a traditional classification, palace is recorded metadata, and the two gloss fields offer transmitted reading cues; none is a measured probability.

At a glance

Page role
Focused guide
Evidence basis
Pinned recension plus two transcription cross-checks
Reading rule
Separate the printed text from your contextual inference.
Editorial state
Editorial review draft · 2026-09-12

Direct answer

Grade, palace, shiyi, and jieyue are separate fields in this Guanyin recension. Grade is a traditional classification, palace is recorded metadata, and the two gloss fields offer transmitted reading cues; none is a measured probability.

A reliable method

Start with the four-line poem, then compare shiyi and jieyue, note grade and any grade variant, retain the palace exactly as printed, and document disagreements between sources instead of averaging them.

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

Worked example

Lot 2 is lower in the pinned field and also records a middle-grade variant. A responsible page displays both and asks how each source labels it; it does not invent “half bad” odds.

Close misreading and alternative

An upper lot can still contain conditions, while a lower lot can recommend a useful pause. Reducing either to good news or doom discards the text.

Sources and limits

Grade, palace, shiyi, and jieyue are separate fields in this Guanyin recension. Grade is a traditional classification, palace is recorded metadata, and the two gloss fields offer transmitted reading cues; none is a measured probability. Start with the four-line poem, then compare shiyi and jieyue, note grade and any grade variant, retain the palace exactly as printed, and document disagreements between sources instead of averaging them. Corpus evidence can establish what a named recension prints. Differences between transcriptions must remain visible; no single web transcription represents every temple. 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. 籤詩網・觀音一百籤
    觀音一百籤 index and per-number fields: 籤號、宮位、詩文、詩意、解曰、典故題名A public digital transcription used to cross-check lot number, poem, grade, palace, classical glosses, and the transmitted allusion label. It is not a critical edition.
  3. 台灣好廟網・觀音一百籤
    stick/fs_yin100 index, numbered entries, and the site notice that local temple versions differA second complete digital transcription used for field-by-field comparison. The site itself warns that temple versions differ and does not represent a temple.
  4. 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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