Horse painting in Lang Pagoda, Hanoi

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For Master Pu Ming of Anlang Temple

Tran Thi Kien 1260-1330 Seeking refuge in seclusion         no big deal, Everyday practice at home         that's the ticket! Just today          meditating like this, Stop blaming          the Chaozhou codger                 for your own problems!

Zèng Ānlǎngsì Pǔmíng Chánshī

Tran Thi Kien 1260?-1330? Chén Shíjiàn Yǐn bù línquán zhēn Dàyǐn, Xiū yū jiā sì jī1zhēn xiū. Cǐ rí cānchán rú mèngjué, Xiū jiāng wǎngshì guài Cháozhōu.

Translator:

Dongbo 東波

Notes: Very little is known about the Vietnamese scholar-official Tran Thi Lien. Even the dates of his birth and death are not known. But he lived during the Tran Dynasty 1225-1400 and was appointed as a judge by King Tran Nahn Tong 1258-1308, who, with his father King Tran Thanh Tong 1240-1290, successfully fought of the Mongol invasions. His one poem here is his only known surviving poem.

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