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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 128 by HAN SHAN

First Line: A COURTEOUS HANDSOME YOUNG MAN
Last Line: THIS IS HOW BOOKS FOOL US
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; DECEPTION; POVERTY; SCHOLARSHIP & SCHOLARS;

A courteous handsome young man
well-versed in the classics and histories
people address him @3Sir@1
everyone calls him a scholar
but he hasn't found a position yet
and doesn't know how to farm
in winter he wears a tattered robe
this is how books fool us



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