Calm And Serene The Sound Of A

When Composing A Verse Let There Not Be A Hair's Breath Separating Your Mind From What You Write; Composition Of A Poem Must Be Done In An Instant, Like A Woodcutter Felling A Huge Tree Or A Swordsman Leaping At A Dangerous Enemy.

Summer Grasses — All That Remains Of Great Soldiers' Imperial Dreams.

From The Pine Tree, Learn Of The Pine Tree; And From The Bamboo, Of The Bamboo

Spring Rain Leaking Through The Roof Dripping From The Wasps' Nest.

Go To The Pine If You Want To Learn About The Pine, Or To The Bamboo If You Want To Learn About The Bamboo. And In Doing So, You Must Leave Your Subjective Preoccupation With Yourself. Otherwise You Impose Yourself On The Object And You Do Not Learn.