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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 268, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography
First Line: My five-word poems number five hundred
Last Line: Is truly the mother of buddhas
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Buddhism; Chinese Literature; Poetry & Poets; Buddha; Buddhists
First Line: My five-word poems number five hundred
Last Line: Is truly the mother of buddhas
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Buddhism; Chinese Literature; Poetry & Poets; Buddha; Buddhists
My five-word poems number five hundred
my seven-word poems seventy-nine
my three-word poems twenty-one
altogether six hundred rhymes
usually I write them on cliffs
boasting a passable hand
whoever can fathom my verses
is truly the mother of buddhas
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