Young Master in his room at the Jingcisi, Hangzhou

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Fierce Heat

Bai Juyi 772—846 On the Zen Room of Master Heng-chi Everyone rushing like mad to flee the heat-- only this Zen Master never budges from his room. Could it be that heat doesn't reach a Zen room? When mind is stilled, the body will be cool.

Kǔ Rè

Bái Jūyì 772—846 Tí Héngjì Shī Chánshì Rénrén bì shǔ zǒu rú kuáng, Dú yǒu Chánshī bù chū fáng. Kě shì Chán fáng wú rè dào? Dàn néng xīn jìng jì shēn liáng.

Translator:

Burton Watson 華茲生

Notes: From Burton Watson's book of translations of Bai Juyi poems; Po Chu-I Selected Poems, Columbia University Press

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