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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 206, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography
First Line: What is it about people that makes me sigh
Last Line: They're sent chasing will-o'-the-wisps and lies
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Life
First Line: What is it about people that makes me sigh
Last Line: They're sent chasing will-o'-the-wisps and lies
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Life
What is it about people that makes me sigh
their endless encounters with happiness and pain
their kalpa-long round of births and deaths
their ceaseless travels throughout the four directions
Chang Wang Li and Chao their temporary names
the Six Paths and Three Mires so much tangled hemp
and just because their owners don't get free
they're sent chasing will-o'-the-wisps and lies
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