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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 186, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography
First Line: Exhaust your mind for profit and fame
Last Line: Buried in a grave does it still exist
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Death; Greed; Dead, The; Avarice; Cupidity
First Line: Exhaust your mind for profit and fame
Last Line: Buried in a grave does it still exist
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
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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