Mazu Kau Chim
Mazu Kau Chim Sign 46
Sign 46 of 100
The verse
孤蹤漂泊等浮萍欲渡無舟枉問津若使當年行善事何須今日叩神明
In English
A lonely track drifts like duckweed.Wanting to cross without a boat, you ask the ford in vain.If only good deeds had been done in earlier years,Why would you need to knock before the deity today?
Textual notes
津 is also written as 程.
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
- Without early cultivation, vain hope is useless.
- Business
- Trade deceives the conscience; capital is consumed.
- Pregnancy and Children
- Seeking children is like waiting for the Yellow River to run clear.
- Health
- Create blessing early; danger and trouble can be removed.
- Marriage
- Affinity is thin and cannot be completed.
- Travel
- Trouble at crossings is hard to avoid without boat or oar.
- Household
- With no good merit, the family gate is cold.
- Wealth
- Business cannot be sustained; seeking does not obtain.
- Current Fortune
- The timing is poor, and so it is everywhere.
- Lost Item
- In a time of financial loss, how can it return?
- Farming
- All four seasons are like this; no harvest brings profit.
- Legal Matters
- You meet official trouble; fear and unease may arise.