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Buddhist : Zen / Chan
17th Century

About Shih Shu

Timeline (1660? - 1740?)

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English version by
James H. Sanford

Original Language
Chinese
against the gently flowing spring morning

Themes
  Dawn
  Spring Blossom
  Water
 
 

 

Recommended Books

The Clouds Should Know Me By Now: Buddhist Poet Monks of China, Edited by Red Pine
A Drifting Boat: Chinese Zen Poetry, Edited by J. P. Seaton / Edited by Dennis Maloney
Sunflower Splendor: Three Thousand Years of Chinese Poetry, Edited by Wu-chi Liu / Edited by Irving Yucheng Lo

against the gently flowing spring morning
the arrogant rattle of a passing coach
peach blossoms beckon from the distant village
willow branches caress the shoulder of my pond

as bream and carp flash their golden scales
and mated ducks link embroidered wings
the poet stares about: this way, then that —
caught in a web beyond all speaking

 

 

-- from The Clouds Should Know Me By Now: Buddhist Poet Monks of China, Edited by Red Pine

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