WONG TAI SIN · 100 LOTS
Lot 18杜鹃
下下杜鹃啼血泪悲声
声怨霜寒梦乍惊
惊动异乡为异客
客心更触故园情
Basic reading
AI-assisted readingThe poem in plain language
The cuckoo's cry is described through images of blood and tears, startling a sleeper in the cold. A traveler in unfamiliar surroundings is drawn toward thoughts of home. The poem traces sound awakening loneliness and longing.
The central idea
A sorrowful cuckoo wakes a traveler in the cold, deepening homesickness. The lot emphasizes loneliness and the wish for a place of belonging. The bloodlike cry is a literary image, not a forecast of harm; longing for home need not mean there is no shelter in the present.
Source and edition
Source of the title, grade and verse: kaucim.ai · 黄大仙百签参考数据集
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杜鵑 · 下下
杜鵑啼血淚悲聲
聲怨霜寒夢乍驚
驚動異鄉為異客
客心更觸故園情
huangdaxian.kaucim-1.0.0.tianjige-5
Original text checked: 2026-10-02
Commentary version: tianjige-basic-2026-10-03.4
Basic commentary is AI-assisted and has not yet been individually reviewed by a human. It is not an official temple interpretation.