Mazu Kau Chim
Mazu Kau Chim Sign 64
Sign 64 of 100
The verse
爭名奪利竟何如鏡裡看花總是虛處世惟存忠厚好閉門安樂享豐餘
In English
What comes of fighting for name and profit?Looking at flowers in a mirror is always empty.In dealing with the world, keep loyalty and generosity.Close the door, live peacefully, and enjoy abundance.
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
- Act according to reason and heaven will protect you.
- Business
- Treat people generously; business revives again.
- Pregnancy and Children
- Do not contend or compare; keep the heart settled.
- Health
- Accept conditions and keep your place; medicine will cure it.
- Marriage
- The match is suitable; hidden marriage brings joy.
- Travel
- Empty flowers and empty words; solid fruit comes from cassia seeds.
- Household
- First obstruction reaches its extreme; afterward peace arrives.
- Wealth
- With generosity and uprightness, what is sought will come.
- Current Fortune
- Gradually entering a better state; seek through goodness.
- Lost Item
- Help in the search is effective; return can be hoped for.
- Farming
- The five grains are acceptable; livestock improve day by day.
- Legal Matters
- A benefactor under the silk star turns misfortune into good.