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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF PICKUP: 24, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography
First Line: Who knows how to catch rats
Last Line: Use your minds to no avail
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Buddhism; Chinese Literature; Buddha; Buddhists
First Line: Who knows how to catch rats
Last Line: Use your minds to no avail
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Buddhism; Chinese Literature; Buddha; Buddhists
Who knows how to catch rats
doesn't need five white cats
and who discovers what's real
doesn't need a brocade bag
a pearl fits in a burlap sack
buddhahood rests under thatch
all you people attached to form
use your minds to no avail
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