Mazu Kau Chim
Mazu Kau Chim Sign 44
Sign 44 of 100
The verse
看來黑白要分明其子縱橫布滿枰汝却不知先一着枉勞心力總難贏
In English
Looking at this, black and white must be distinguished clearly.The stones spread across the board in every direction.But you do not know the first move.All effort is wasted, and winning remains difficult.
Textual notes
着 is also written as 著.
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
- A person of thin fate should not indulge vain hope.
- Business
- Scheming painfully still does not make the plan succeed.
- Pregnancy and Children
- Empty effort and false hope; childbirth has many dangers.
- Health
- Repeated reversal and recurrence; misfortune outweighs good.
- Marriage
- Like horse and ox in wind, like ice and charcoal in nature.
- Travel
- The land is barren; beware of danger.
- Household
- Household fortune is noisy and troubled; the gate is cold.
- Wealth
- Flowers in a mirror and moon in water; seeking is useless.
- Current Fortune
- No fortune, no fortune; it is completely clear.
- Lost Item
- You face financial loss; accept the fate for now.
- Farming
- Fields are cold and withered; livestock and production are slight.
- Legal Matters
- The fate meets official trouble; a false alarm is likely.