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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 298 by HAN SHAN

First Line: BUDDHIST MONKS DON'T KEEP THEIR PRECEPTS
Last Line: ALL ARE AT THE FOOT OF HILLS
Subject(s): BUDDHISM; CHINESE LITERATURE; TAOISM; BUDDHA; BUDDHISTS;
Buddhist monks don't keep their precepts
Taoist priests don't take their pills
count the sages who have lived
all are at the foot of hills



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