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DRINKING WINE: 5 by T'AO CH'IEN

First Line: I BUILT MY HUT IN A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE LIVE
Last Line: IN ALL THIS THERE'S SOME PRINCIPLE OF TRUTH, %BUT TRY TO DEFINE IT AND YOU FORGET THE WORDS
Subject(s): CHINA - EARLY PERIOD (TO 200 B.C.); TRUTH;

Poem Sources:

THE COLUMBIA BOOK OF CHINESE POETRY; FROM EARLY TIMES TO THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY.
  WATSON, BURTON (ED. AND TR.)
  (1984)
 



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