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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 159 by HAN SHAN

First Line: ON COLD MOUNTAIN THERE'S A NAKED BUG
Last Line: READY TO STRIKE TROUBLESOME FOES
Subject(s): BUDDHISM; CHINESE LITERATURE; INSECTS; SWORDS; WISDOM; BUDDHA; BUDDHISTS; BUGS;

On Cold Mountain there's a naked bug
its body is white its head is black
its hands hold two scrolls
in one is the Way in the other is Virtue
at home it makes no fire
for the road it packs no clothes
but always it carries the sword of wisdom
ready to strike troublesome foes



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