“When men see Han-shan They all say he's crazy And not much to look at - Dressed in rags and hides. They don't get what I say And I don't talk their language. All I can say to those I meet: "Try and make it to Cold Mountain.” Cold MountainHan Shan Book:Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems Source: Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems
“I wanted a good place to settle: Cold Mountain would be safe. Light wind in a hidden pine - Listen close - the sound gets better. Under it a gray haired man Mumbles along reading Huang and Lao. For ten years I havn't gone back home I've even forgotten the way by which I came.” Cold MountainHan Shan Book:Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems Source: Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems
“I have lived at Cold Mountain These thirty long years. Yesterday I called on friends and family: More than half had gone to the Yellow Springs. Slowly consumed, like fire down a candle; Forever flowing, like a passing river. Now, morning, I face my lone shadow: Suddenly my eyes are bleared with tears.” Cold MountainHan Shan Book:Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems Source: Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems
“In the mountains it's cold. Always been cold, not just this year. Jagged scarps forever snowed in Woods in the dark ravines spitting mist. Grass is still sprouting at the end of June, Leaves begin to fall in early August. And here I am, high on mountains, Peering and peering, but I can't even see the sky.” Cold MountainHan Shan Book:Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems Source: Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems
