#Opinion by Lau Sai-leung 劉細良｜"The key of this year’s fortune is “danger that the firewood is so near the tinder.” It means an explosive situation can happen at any time. When the firewood is being placed with the tinder, the more firewood it is being placed, the bigger fire it can cause -- a simple theory, but some people chose not to believe it. The next line of the fortune, which is from “The Preface of Poem Yue Jue,” (with reference to Biography of Jia Yi from the Book of Han) written by Zhang Dai, a writer in the Ming Dynasty, said, “the fire will be seen.” In other words, not only has the problem not been resolved, but the crisis is getting bigger, to an alarming level that everyone can see. Is it about lockdowns and epidemic fighting? I don’t think so! The interpreter probably just wanted to avoid talking about politics."
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"簽文重點在「積薪厝火」，是指局勢一觸即發，火種同柴薪放埋一齊，柴越積越多，大火危機人人皆見，只是有人執迷不悟。「積薪厝火」下一句是「其焰立見」，來自明末張岱《越絕詩小序》，典故是漢書《賈誼傳》，簡而言之，就係問題不單冇解決，而且危機越積越大，到了危險地步，人人皆見。這是關乎封區檢疫嗎？恐怕不是吧！相信是解籖者迴避政治而矣。"
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