Long ago during Liang times the adepts of the Four Traditions Master Fa-yun and Pao-chih the Four Immortals and Philosopher Fu made known the teachings of a lifetime and served as the Tathagata's envoys they built retreats for the Order and placed their faith in the Dharma such were their achievements but actions mean more trouble and lead away from the Way they patched the east wall with the west not knowing the power of inaction they did great harm and little good their names remain but not their forms and where are they today | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE POET AND HIS SONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE by CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE SHERIDAN'S RIDE [DECEMBER 19, 1864] by THOMAS BUCHANAN READ ON A GRAVE IN CHRIST-CHURCH, HANTS by OSCAR FAY ADAMS STANZAS OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF H-- A-- by BERNARD BARTON |