Lot 47 of 100
Flowers added to brocade, the color brighter still
The poem
錦上添花色更鮮運來祿馬喜雙全時人莫訝功名晚一舉登科四海傳
In English
Flowers added to brocade, the color brighter still.Fortune arrives with its horse and stipend, both together.Do not wonder that honors come late;one success in the exams and your name spreads across the four seas.
What it says
'Flowers on brocade' means making a good thing better. The poem says fortune arrives in full and that you should not be surprised if recognition comes late, since once it comes it spreads widely. It affirms the late bloomer: keep working steadily.
A thought to take with you
If results come slowly, do not hurry; steady effort has value in itself.