Liu Zhiyuan Enlists
Auspicious
The poem
Original: 直上仙岩要学仙 / 此知一旦帝王宣 / 青天日月常明照 / 心正声名四海传
The story
Liu Zhiyuan, of Shatuo stock, lived with his wife Li Sanniang in her uncle's house and was despised for his poverty. Sent at night to guard the melon field so that the melon spirits would kill him, he fought them off with a spear and dug up an ancient sword. He left to enlist, rose to be a commissioner, and after the Khitan destroyed Jin he took the throne at Jinyang.
What it means
This is the sign of being taken up by someone above you, and everything goes together well. You set out simply to learn your art, and the summons arrives on its own. The sky is clear and the lights in it constant, and an upright heart carries a name across the world. Finish what you begin and do not look from side to side. Keep your mind on one thing and helpful people gather. Hold to a straight heart and your reputation opens the road for you.
By area of life
Wealth
Because you have quietly built up knowledge, you can use it when the opportunity comes, and the profits are large.
Love
Keep improving yourself in ordinary ways. Someone will help the matter along, and a suitable partner is genuinely within your reach.
Work
Keep sharpening your professional skill. Superiors will make use of you, promotion follows step by step, and your name travels far.
Health
Understand the illness realistically from beginning to end, find a genuinely effective method, and the condition comes under proper control.
Travel
Going far to study is an excellent plan. It will bring patronage and, in time, a position of real standing.
Advice
Polish your skill until it shines and the summons will find you.