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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 92, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography
First Line: Heaven is boundlessly high
Last Line: Blind men asking the color of milk
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Food & Eating; Life
First Line: Heaven is boundlessly high
Last Line: Blind men asking the color of milk
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Food & Eating; Life
Heaven is boundlessly high
Earth is endlessly deep
between are living things
dependent on these Powers
butting heads over food and clothes
making plans to eat each other
still unclear about cause and effect
blind men asking the color of milk
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