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Author of this poem:
Zen Master Hsu Yun
GOING TO SEE THE TAOIST ELDER ZHENYING AT MOUNT EMEI
Freed by his virtue, this old friend of mine
Trusts in the Way and delights in woods and streams.
While sitting in meditation
He journeys to the land of no more doubts.
While living in the discipline of poverty
He attains everything valuable under heaven.
He breathes and dissolves the barriers between distance and time.
He writes and his brush penetrates clouds and smoke.
With an impulsive laugh he dismisses doctrinal conundrums.
With habitual failure to distinguish shallow from deep
