Lot 19 (Middle) from the Guanyin Oracle (观音灵签) draws on the allusion "Zhou Dunyi's Love of the Lotus" — Zhou Dunyi compared the lotus to the gentleman — rising from mud unstained — symbolizing noble character cultivated within the mundane world.
Lot 19
MiddlePoem
Long cicada song in the blazing summer day
The lotus rises from mud yet is unstained
The way through life is like the lotus flower
Keep yourself pure and blessings come naturally
Zhōu Dūnyí Ài Lián
Historical Allusion
Zhou Dunyi's Love of the Lotus
Zhou Dunyi compared the lotus to the gentleman — rising from mud unstained — symbolizing noble character cultivated within the mundane world.
General Guidance
A middle lot. Keep a pure mind, uncontaminated by worldly dust, and blessings naturally arrive.
General Guidance
Career
Maintain integrity and honesty.
Love
Pure and sincere love lasts longest.
Health
Light diet; nurture body and mind.
Wealth
A person of integrity earns wealth by proper means.
Travel
Safe travel; maintain right-mindedness.
Litigation
The pure are naturally cleared; do not over-worry.
- Tradition
- Guanyin 100 Oracle (观音灵签 / 观音一百签) — a traditional divination practice at Guanyin temples across East Asia, drawing on classical Chinese allusions (典故) as reflective mirrors.
- Source
- Follows the widely circulated 100-lot text commonly printed at Chinese and Taiwanese Guanyin temples. No single canonical edition exists; minor wording variations occur across temple printings.
- Translation
- Chinese preserves traditional phrasing. English renderings are Cihang's adaptations for bilingual devotional reading, not scholarly translations.
- Note
- Reflection, not prediction. The oracle invites contemplation of the lot's historical allusion as a mirror for your present circumstances; it does not claim divinatory certainty.
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