Dong Yong Meets the Immortal董永遇仙
Through wind and rain you travel home,
toiling like a little swallow.
It carries mud to build its nest,
but the nest crumbles and must be built again.
English rendering: our editorial version.
Effort spent without lasting results. Look at what keeps collapsing and change the foundation rather than working harder.
詩意：此卦燕子啣坭之象。凡事勞心費力也。
解曰：千般用計。晨昏不停。誰知此事。到底勞心。
另本 Variant：衝風冒雨去還歸，役役勞身似燕兒，啣得泥來成疊後，到頭疊壞復成泥。
Dong Yong Meets the Immortal
Dong Yong was so poor he sold himself into service to pay for his father's funeral. Moved by his devotion, a heavenly weaver came down, wove ten bolts of brocade in one night to clear his debt, and then returned to the sky. Hard toil was honoured, but the gift did not stay.
You both try, yet the same quarrel keeps returning. Look at the pattern rather than the latest argument.
Work may need to be redone. Check details twice and avoid rushing deadlines you cannot meet.
This lot invites care with money: money comes in and slips out again. Set something aside automatically or put it into something lasting. Treat money moves as personal judgement, not a prediction.
This lot invites gentle attention to wellbeing: fatigue is the main risk. Rest properly; overwork is building small problems. This is reflection, not a diagnosis.
Busy and chaotic at first, calmer later. Put the foundations of home life in order before adding more.
Effort-heavy trips with modest return. Keep plans simple.
Likely found, though perhaps worn or damaged.
You may be right, but expect a long, tiring process and a determined opponent. For binding disputes, a qualified adviser is wiser than any oracle.