Lot 86 (Middle) from the Guanyin Oracle (观音灵签) draws on the allusion "Revere Heaven and Love People" — Revering heaven and loving people is the core value of agrarian civilization: respect natural laws, treat those around you well, and heaven and earth will respond.
Lot 86
MiddlePoem
Plow the earth and tend the seeds busily
Spring passes and autumn comes with harvest
Treat the land with care; treat people with care
Heaven and earth respond — blessing comes naturally
Jìng Tiān Ài Rén
Historical Allusion
Revere Heaven and Love People
Revering heaven and loving people is the core value of agrarian civilization: respect natural laws, treat those around you well, and heaven and earth will respond.
General Guidance
A middle lot. Revere heaven and love people; treat all things well. Heaven and earth naturally respond and blessings come of themselves.
General Guidance
Career
Treat colleagues well; harmonious workplace.
Love
Love others as yourself; harmonious relationship.
Health
Treat your body kindly; health rewards you.
Wealth
Treat wealth with care; wealth rewards you.
Travel
Treat people you meet well; gains are greater.
Litigation
Dissolve with goodwill; both sides benefit.
- 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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