Page 39 - Martial Science Magazine DEC 2017
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Just wake up from an afternoon nap in a grass hut.
Drag a walking stick and let it bounce free and easy.
Lean on a rock and watch the clouds rise.
Listen to the pine saplings and hear the sound of waves.
When the forest is dense, no guests pass by.
When the roads are dangerous, they’re only used for gathering firewood.
The place is so pristine and cool
How could it fail to quench my mind’s furnace of cares?
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People complain of a hard life in the mountains.
I don’t think it’s much different from the hardships of anywhere else.
A clay oven burning birch twigs,
A stone cauldron boiling wild sprouts.
It seems that you’ve only just picked the chrysanthemums
That grow in the three months of autumn
When it’s time to view the flowers of March.
Pity more the moon that night after night
Is forced to entertain society
by Master Hsu Yun
DECEMBER/2017 39
