Lot 91 (Middle) from the Guanyin Oracle (观音灵签) draws on the allusion "The Thousand-Li Horse Meets Its Bole" — Thousand-li horses are common, but Boles are rare. Only when you meet someone who recognizes your talent can you fully realize your potential and achieve great things.
Lot 91
MiddlePoem
Horse year — a noble patron comes to help
The thousand-li horse at last meets its Bole
Talent finds opportunity to be shown
The patron lifts you up; step by step you rise
Qiānlǐ Mǎ Yù Bólè
Historical Allusion
The Thousand-Li Horse Meets Its Bole
Thousand-li horses are common, but Boles are rare. Only when you meet someone who recognizes your talent can you fully realize your potential and achieve great things.
General Guidance
A middle lot. Noble helpers arrive; the thousand-li horse meets its Bole. Talent finds expression and rise step by step.
General Guidance
Career
A patron lifts you; talent finds expression.
Love
Meet someone who appreciates you; beautiful relationship.
Health
A good doctor arrives; health properly cared for.
Wealth
Good advisor arrives; finances properly guided.
Travel
Meet a helpful patron during your journey.
Litigation
Good lawyer arrives; strong support in dispute.
- 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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