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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 153 by HAN SHAN

First Line: PETTINESS REALLY GETS PETTY
Last Line: UNTIL THEY COLLAPSED AND BOTH WERE RUINED
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; GREED; LAUGHTER; AVARICE; CUPIDITY;

Pettiness really gets petty
nobody's heart is the same
Old Yin laughed at Old Liu
Old Liu laughed at Old Yin
why did they laugh at each other
both took devious paths
loading their carts higher and higher
until they collapsed and both were ruined



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