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Buddhist : Zen / Chan

Taoist

9th Century

China
(East Asia)

Shih-te (Pickup)

Timeline (780? - 850?)

Poems by Shih-te (Pickup)
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The stories of Feng-kan (Big Stick) and Shih-te (Pickup) are intimitely linked with Han-shan (Cold Mountain).

Shih-te got his name because Feng-kan found him as an abandoned boy. Feng-kan picked up the crying boy and brought him in to live as a laymember of the Kuoching Temple. Shih-te spent most of his life working in the temple kitchens. When Han-shan visited the temple, he and Shih-te could often be found joking in the kitchens.

Poems by Shih-te (Pickup)

	[2] Doesn't anyone see
	[4] Behold the glow of the moon
	[5] I live in a place without limits

Recommended Books

The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain, Translated by Red Pine

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The Poetry of Zen: (Shambhalla Library), Edited by Sam Hamill / Edited by J. P. Seaton

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Shih-te (Pickup)

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