The Jade Mountain/Inscribed in the Temple of the Wandering Genie
INSCRIBED
IN THE TEMPLE OF THE WANDERING GENIE
IN THE TEMPLE OF THE WANDERING GENIE
I face, high over this enchanted lodge, the Court of the Five Cities of Heaven,And I see a countryside blue and still, after the long rain.The distant peaks and trees of Ch'in merge into twilight,And Han Palace washing-stones make their autumnal echoes.Thin pine-shadows brush the outdoor pulpit,And grasses blow their fragrance into my little cave.. . . Who need be craving a world beyond this one?Here, among men, are the Purple Hills!
(10, 11)