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Poetry and Chan

Chan Buddhism has had a lasting impact on Chinese literature, particularly with poetry. The two have an intimate relationship, to...

A Chan Garden Behind Broken-hill Temple

The Tang dynasty (618-907) scholar Chang Jian (708-765), together with Wang Wei (699-759), Wang Changling (698-756) and other known poets,...

Peach Blooms Smile On at Spring Breeze

Inside the gate this day last year, a face blushed with the blushing peach blooms.Alas, that face is gone anywhither,...

Whithersoever in Deep Clouds

Under the pine I ask an urchin. The master, he says, is gathering herbal cure.Somewhere up on the mountain, but...

Amongst White Clouds

Hanshan Zi, a celebrated Buddhist monk poet, lived during the Zhenguan reign of the Tang dynasty (618-907), but how he...
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