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(210-263 A.D) Was a poet and musician. He was known in his lifetime for his familiarity with Taoist Lore and his adroit defiance of the authorities, resulting in forming the 'Pure Conversation' or 'Philosophical Discourses'. These were usually held in a bamboo grove outside the capital of Lo-yang, accompanied with much drinking. The seven main participants became known as 'The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove'. |
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"Poems Expressing My Feelings" Long ago there was an immortal man who lived on the slope of Shooting Mountain riding clouds and commanding flying dragons he did his breathing and supped on precious flowers He could be heard, but not seen, sighing sorrows and full emotion self-tortured he had no companion grief and heartbreak piled upon him "Study the familiar to penetrate the sublime" But time is short and what's to be done? |
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