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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 227 by HAN SHAN

First Line: FOUR OR FIVE DUMB UPSTARTS
Last Line: AND EAT THROUGH OTHERS' BINDINGS
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 @3Conduct of the Learned@1 chapter
they label a @3Code for Thieves@1
they molt like silverfish
and eat through others' bindings



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