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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 268 by HAN SHAN

First Line: MY FIVE-WORD POEMS NUMBER FIVE HUNDRED
Last Line: IS TRULY THE MOTHER OF BUDDHAS
Subject(s): BUDDHISM; CHINESE LITERATURE; POETRY & POETS; BUDDHA; BUDDHISTS;

My five-word poems number five hundred
my seven-word poems seventy-nine
my three-word poems twenty-one
altogether six hundred rhymes
usually I write them on cliffs
boasting a passable hand
whoever can fathom my verses
is truly the mother of buddhas



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