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Han-shan Quote

Children I implore youget out of the burning house nowthree carts wait outsideto save you from a homeless liferelax in the village squarebefore the sky everything's emptyno direction is better or worseeast is just as good as westthose who know the meaning of thisare free to go where they want

Han-shan

Children I implore youget out of the burning house nowthree carts wait outsideto save you from a homeless liferelax in the village squarebefore the sky everything's emptyno direction is better or worseeast is just as good as westthose who know the meaning of thisare free to go where they want

Tags: buddhism, old songs, transcendence

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About Han-shan

Hanshan may refer to:

Hanshan (poet) (寒山), a figure associated with a collection of poems from the Tang dynasty
Hanshan Deqing (憨山德清), a Buddhist monk from the Chinese Ming dynasty
Mountain Cry (Chinese: 喊山; pinyin: Hǎnshān), 2015 Chinese film