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“In the midst of a thousand clouds and countless waters there is an idle person. By day, he roams the green mountains, at night, he returns to sleep beneath the cliff. Quickly, the seasons pass in serenity, with no worldly bonds. How joyful! What does he depend upon? Quiet, like a large autumn river.”

Nature Solitude Quiet Mountains Hermits Introverts Chinese Poetry Han Shan Hanshan

Book:The Complete Cold Mountain: Poems of the Legendary Hermit Hanshan

Source: The Complete Cold Mountain: Poems of the Legendary Hermit Hanshan

“Beneath the moon, chilly winds blow through the pines as wisps of clouds arise. So many mountain ridges layer into each other for miles around! The valley stream is quiet and clear -- I'm not done with this boundless joy.”

Nature Solitude Mountains Hermits Cold Mountain Chinese Poetry Han Shan Hanshan

Book:The Complete Cold Mountain: Poems of the Legendary Hermit Hanshan

Source: The Complete Cold Mountain: Poems of the Legendary Hermit Hanshan

“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 Mountain Han 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 Mountain Han 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 Mountain Han 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 Mountain Han Shan

Book:Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems

Source: Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems