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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 186 by HAN SHAN

First Line: EXHAUST YOUR MIND FOR PROFIT AND FAME
Last Line: BURIED IN A GRAVE DOES IT STILL EXIST
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; DEATH; GREED; DEAD, THE; AVARICE; CUPIDITY;

Exhaust your mind for profit and fame
a hundredfold greed to enhance your body
the transient illusory snuff of a wick
buried in a grave does it still exist



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