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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 276 by HAN SHAN

First Line: YOU'RE NOT REALLY HERMITS
Last Line: APING THOSE WHO SHUN THE DUST AND WIND
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; DECEPTION; HERMITS;
You're not really hermits
you just call yourselves recluses
they would never wear silk headgear
they prefer a hemp bandana
take the case of Ch'ao and Hsu
ashamed to serve Yao and Shun
you're like monkeys with those hats
aping those who shun the dust and wind



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