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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 201 by HAN SHAN

First Line: READING WON'T SAVE US FROM DEATH
Last Line: AND YOU'LL FORGET THE BITTERNESS
Subject(s): BOOKS; CHINESE LITERATURE; READING;

Reading won't save us from death
and reading won't free us from want
so why this love of literacy
the literate are better than others
a man unable to read
never finds any peace
squeeze garlic juice in your crowfoot
and you'll forget the bitterness



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