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Hanshan

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Hanshan was a Buddhist monk, poet, and spiritual writer who lived during the Tang dynasty. Little is known about his life, including where and when he was born, or even whether he actually existed. In the Chinese Buddhist tradition, Hanshan and his sidekick Shide are honored as emanations of the bodhisattvas Mañjuśrī and Samantabhadra, respectively. In Japanese and Chinese paintings, Hanshan is often depicted together with Shide or with Fenggan, another monk with legendary attributes.

It is said that he was a recluse who lived in a remote region, and that his poems were written on rocks in the mountains he called home. He is said to have written 600 poems, of which 313 were collected and have survived.

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	The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain by Hanshan, Red Pine (Translator), John Blofeld (Introduction) 4.40 avg rating — 885 ratings — published 793 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cold Mountain: 100 Poems by the T'ang poet Han-Shan by Hanshan, Burton Watson (Translator) 4.31 avg rating — 562 ratings — published 1962 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kylmä vuori by Hanshan, Pertti Seppälä (Translator) 3.98 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Poetry of Hanshan (Cold Mountain), Shide, and Fenggan by Hanshan, Shide, Fenggan 4.10 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	O Vagabundo do Dharma: 25 poemas de Han-Shan by Hanshan, Li Kwok-Wing (Caligrafia), Jacques Pimpaneau (Tradutor do Chinês) 3.79 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poems of Hanshan (Sacred Literature Series) by Hanshan, John C. Regruth 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	View from Cold Mountain: Poems of Han-Shan and Shih-Te by Hanshan, Arthur Tobias (Translator), Jerome Seaton (Translator) 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1983 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El Maestro del Monte Frío by Hanshan, Lola Díez Pastor (Editor & Translator) 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Autobiography and Maxims of Master Han Shan by Hanshan, Richard Cheung (Translator), Chuan Yuan Shakya (Translator) 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jeg bor på et bjerg 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Hanshan (?)

“Children I implore you
get out of the burning house now
three carts wait outside
to save you from a homeless life
relax in the village square
before the sky everything's empty
no direction is better or worse
east is just as good as west
those who know the meaning of this
are free to go where they want”
― Han-shan

tags: buddhism, old-songs, transcendence

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“the ten thousand things are all reflections
the moon originally has no light”
― Han-shan

tags: gegenschein

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“I spur my horse past the ruined city;
the ruined city, that wakes the traveler's thoughts:
ancient battlements, high and low;
old grave mounds, great and small.

Where the shadow of a single tumbleweed trembles
and the voice of the great trees clings forever,
I sigh over all these common bones --
No roll of the immortals bears their names.”
― Han-shan

tags: ozymandias, time, translator-burton-watson, wind

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