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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 227, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography
First Line: Four or five dumb upstarts
Last Line: And eat through others' bindings
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Ignorance; Dullness; Stupdity
First Line: Four or five dumb upstarts
Last Line: And eat through others' bindings
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Ignorance; Dullness; Stupdity
Four or five dumb upstarts
do things without reason
before they've read a dozen books
they insist on yellow ink
the Conduct of the Learned chapter
they label a Code for Thieves
they molt like silverfish
and eat through others' bindings
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