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Around my door and yard no dust or noise

T'ao Ch'ien, T'ao Ch'ien poetry, Buddhist, Buddhist poetry, poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, Taoist poetry by T'ao Ch'ien
(365 - 427) Timeline

Original Language
Chinese
Buddhist
Taoist
4th Century

Around my door and yard no dust or noise.
In my bare rooms, no busyness.
After so long a prisoner in a cage
I have returned to things as they are

 

 

 


 
 
 
 
 


Recommended Books


The Selected Poems of T'ao Ch'ien, Translated by David Hinton
Sunflower Splendor: Three Thousand Years of Chinese Poetry, Edited by Wu-chi Liu / Edited by Irving Yucheng Lo

 

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