Hanshan

Quotes

• “Once, my back wedded to the solid cliff, I sat silently, bathed in the full moon's light. I counted there ten thousand shapes, None with substance save the moon's own glow. The pristine mind is empty as the moon, I thought, and like the moon, freely shines. By what I knew of moon I knew the mind, Each mirror to each, profound as stone.”
• “All the people in the Kuo-ch'ing monastery— They say, "Han-shan is an idiot." "Am I really an idiot:" I reflect. But my reflections fail to solve the question: for I myself do not know who the self is, And how can others know who I am?”
• “There is a Precious MountainEven the Seven Treasures cannot compareA cold moon rises through the pinesLayer upon layer of bright cloudsHow many towering peaks?How many wandering miles?The valley streams run clearHappiness forever!”
• “Among a thousand clouds and ten thousand streamsHere lives an idle manIn the daytime wandering over green mountainsAt night coming home to sleep by the cliffSwiftly springs and autumns passBut my mind is at peace, clear and freeBy now I need nothing to lean onTo be still as the waters of the autumn river”
• “I dreamed a place where I have come to dwellCold Mountain says it allMonkeys scream, the valley fog is coldMy door blends with the color of the peaksI gather leaves and thatch a hut among the pinesDig a pond and lead a trickle from the brookLong ago I left the world behindEating ferns I pass the years in peace”
• “Cold Mountain is hidden in white cloudsIt's peaceful to be cut off from the busy worldI use dry grass for cushions in my mountain homeMy only light is the round moonMy bed is the rock beside the green poolTigers and deer are my companionsI delight in this happy peaceful lifeForever beyond the world of men”

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