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TAOIST SONG by CHI K'ANG

First Line: I WILL CAST OUT WISDOM AND REJECT LEARNING
Last Line: "MY THOUGHTS SHALL WANDER IN THE GREAT VOID."
Subject(s): CHINA - MIDDLE AGES (600 B.C.- 618 A.D.);
I WILL cast out Wisdom and reject Learning.
My thoughts shall wander in the Great Void (@3bis@1)
Always repenting of wrongs done
Will never bring my heart to rest.
I cast my hook in a single stream;
But my joy is as though I possessed a Kingdom.
I loose my hair and go singing;
To the four frontiers men join in my refrain.
This is the purport of my song:
"My thoughts shall wander in the Great Void."



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