Mazu Kau Chim
Mazu Kau Chim Sign 36
Sign 36 of 100
The verse
富潤屋兮德潤身綽然由義復居仁安如山岳難移動百福千祥日日瑧
In English
Wealth enriches the house; virtue enriches the body.Freely following righteousness, you also dwell in benevolence.Stable as mountains, hard to move.Hundreds of blessings and thousands of auspicious signs arrive daily.
Textual notes
復 is also written as 後. 瑧 is read ㄐㄧㄣ and is also written as 臻.
The twelve aspects
A temple slip does not give one answer. The same four lines are read differently depending on what you came to ask about, and these are the twelve readings traditionally set down for this sign.
- Career and Recognition
- Dwell in benevolence and follow righteousness; you may successively enter the honors list.
- Business
- Trade and goods are abundant; plans often hit the mark.
- Pregnancy and Children
- Virtue enriches the whole body; noble children arrive one after another.
- Health
- All illnesses are removed; recovery comes without medicine.
- Marriage
- A knot is tied with one heart; the inner helper brings benefit.
- Travel
- People of the same mind return together; host and guest rejoice.
- Household
- Righteous roads and humane gates bring springlike prosperity.
- Wealth
- Wealth may be sought; what is sought will be obtained.
- Current Fortune
- Ten thousand strings and a thousand chests; gold and jade are fully loaded.
- Lost Item
- Neither east nor west; it is right in the middle.
- Farming
- The year is abundant and goods are plentiful; stores have surplus.
- Legal Matters
- Wrongs can be redressed, and desires can be fulfilled.