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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 189 by HAN SHAN

First Line: LIVE WITHOUT MAKING VISITS
Last Line: THEY WHITTLE IT INTO SPLINTERS
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; VIRTUE;

Live without making visits
die neither kind nor just
words include limbs and leaves
thoughts contain lies and betrayals
people who clear a small path
thereby give rise to great deceit
claiming to build a ladder to the clouds
they whittle it into splinters



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