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Golden Ring Fortune Slip

Eighteenth: Mountain Wind Gu, Luo Hongxun Returns to Yangzhou

As I gallop a thousand miles, I secretly grieve,

Swallowing sobs, wiping tears, to comfort my kind mother.

Resentment sinks into the sea of suffering, enduring with gentleness.

Friendship lasts a long time with natural joy.

  • Love: Relationships are complicated and full of trouble. It will end in a breakup. Finding someone else will be favorable.
  • Family fortune: The family is prone to troublesome matters, and thorough reform is needed.
  • Children: Parents cannot bear the pain of their worries.
  • Turnover: Bad credit, no hope for turnover.
  • Trading failed, seeking new livelihood is the priority.
  • Illness: Winter brings with it dangerous signs.
  • Lost item: Hard to find.
  • Lawsuit: Difficult to resolve, will drag on for a while.
  • Business: Disadvantage.
  • Academic: Failed.
Hexagram interpretation:
Gǔ (蠱) refers to the meaning of food decaying and breeding insects in a container. It also signifies corruption and chaos. The upper trigram, Gèn (艮), represents a mountain; the lower trigram, Xùn (巽), represents wind. Combined, it signifies wind below a mountain, blocked by the mountain and unable to circulate, thus affecting the mobility of climate regulation for cold and heat. Consequently, not only are all things unable to develop and flourish smoothly, but they also decay and breed insects. At the same time, Xùn (巽) also represents foul odor, and Gèn (艮) represents "stopping" or a covering container. Therefore, when combined, it equates to "something that already has a foul odor being covered by a container," intensifying the decay and insect breeding within the container. Eventually, the insects will have nothing left to eat, leading to a scene of cannibalism. This undoubtedly fully illustrates the meaning of Gǔ (蠱).
第十八首正面（蠱）
Front of the fortune slip
第十八首背面（蠱）
Back of the fortune slip
金
環
語
錄

When situations arise, face them.
That's all.

Interpretation of fortune stick person

Luo Hongxun, a full-length opera. Adapted from the novel "The Complete Biography of the Green Peony." The plot centers on the marriage of Luo Hongxun and Hua Bilian during the Tang Dynasty, with Luo Hongxun as the protagonist.

Annotation

Riding a thousand miles, he grieved in his heart: He rode a thousand miles overnight, deeply saddened. He swallowed his sobs and wiped his tears to comfort his loving mother: He bore the humiliation and wiped away his tears to comfort his mother. Resigned to drowning in a sea of suffering, he endured with gentleness: He willingly endured the injustice, as if drowning in a sea of suffering with nowhere to turn for relief. The path of friendship, naturally, brings long-lasting joy: Maintaining the bonds of friendship well brings a sense of everlasting joy.

Vernacular

The coffin of Luo Hongxun's father, Luo Tengyun, was still in the official residence's main hall, yet he had to leave Yang zhou City overnight with his mother, traveling a thousand miles. He felt a silent sadness in his heart, and had to stifle his tears and comfort his mother. To maintain a friendship that would last, he was willing to endure the injustice, as if sinking into a sea of bitterness with no place to turn.

Fortune telling by lot

Luo Hongxun and his son sought refuge with a friend. The friend's wife, however, framed him. To preserve the friendship and honor of both couples, he willingly endured the injustice and left. With tears in his eyes, he returned to Yangzhou City, ultimately achieving his goal. Drawing this lot, beware of being framed. It signifies a gain and a loss, with distant journeys proving fruitless and likely to be unsuccessful, especially for travel. Be cautious in your words and actions. Only by working together with family unity can peace and tranquility be achieved. For wealth: It is good locally. For marriage: What begins as a pretense becomes real, leading to a union. For finding someone: They will be found, like fish meeting water. For illness: Have no fear. For academic or career success: It can be attained with effort.

Divination Meaning

This hexagram, named "Gu," means confusion and reveals the principles of how to correct confusion, eradicate accumulated evils, and govern a chaotic world. It also embodies the laws of ending and beginning, and the necessity of order amidst chaos. The character for "Gu" is composed of "vessel" (皿) with "insects" (虫) on top, or it can refer to worms in the stomach. Originally, it meant casting spells or poisoning, which is "harming people with supernatural edibles." It has been extended to mean confusion or bewitchment, and it can also mean corruption or decay. Being bewitched by women is also referred to as "Gu." It also indicates that the root of the problem has existed for a long time but has not been honestly faced and dealt with, leading to its worsening.