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The Mountain Poems of Stonehouse by Shiwu Qinggong
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Stonehouse (1272 - 1352) was trained as a Buddhist monk before he become a hermit and poet. His poems confront the same problems we find in contemporary life - too much noise, people full of ambitions - as well as familiar territory for poets and hermits - the natural world, the loneliness and pleasures of solitude. Red Pine says that Stonehouse is one of his favorites for good reason and here he adds commentary in a bilingual edition of the poems. Highly recommended.
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