Occupation: Author Birth: July 25, 1734 Death: August 8, 1809
The moon glows on the river, wind rustles the pines. Long night clear evening--what are they for?.
In friendship, bond not with a shallow man..
Without a constant livelihood, there will be no constant heart..
Though I cannot flee from the world of corruption, I can prepare tea with water from a mountain stream and put my heart to rest.
Shape I may take, converse I may, but neither god nor Buddha am I, rather an insensate being whose heart thus differs from that of man..