Lot 50 (Middle) from the Guanyin Oracle (观音灵签) draws on the allusion "Wholehearted Sincerity Opens Metal and Stone" — With sincere and firm heart, any difficulty can be overcome — even metal and stone can be moved and split open by sincere devotion.
Lot 50
MiddlePoem
Giving up halfway is not a good strategy
Persist to the end — there you see the truth
Effort does not fail those with sincere heart
Wholehearted sincerity can open even metal and stone
Jīngchéng Suǒ Zhì Jīn Shí Kāi
Historical Allusion
Wholehearted Sincerity Opens Metal and Stone
With sincere and firm heart, any difficulty can be overcome — even metal and stone can be moved and split open by sincere devotion.
General Guidance
A middle lot. Keep going and do not give up easily. Wholehearted sincerity will lead to success.
General Guidance
Career
Persevere without giving up; success will come.
Love
Be firm in love; do not give up easily.
Health
Persist in treatment; recovery is certain.
Wealth
Stick to your financial plan; results will come.
Travel
Complete the journey; don't give up midway.
Litigation
Persist to the end; justice will be done.
- 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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