{"collection":"cfu","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cfu/mtc/mtc53.htm","path":"cfu/mtc/mtc53.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cfu/mtc/mtc53.htm","text":"More Translations from the Chinese, by Arthur Waley, [1919]\nAt dawn I sighed to see my hairs fall;\n At dusk I sighed to see my hairs fall.\n For I dreaded the time when the last lock should go\u2026\n They are all gone and I do not mind at all!\n I have done with that cumbrous washing and getting dry;\n My tiresome comb for ever is laid aside.\n Best of all, when the weather is hot and wet,\n To have no top-knot weighing down on one's head!\n I put aside my dusty conical cap;\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And loose my collar-fringe.\n In a silver jar I have stored a cold stream;\n On my bald pate I trickle a ladle-full.\n Like one baptized with the Water of Buddha's Law,\n I sit and receive this cool, cleansing joy.\n Now I know why the priest who seeks Repose\n Frees his heart by first shaving his head.","title":"More Translations from the Chinese: Po Ch\u00fc-i: On His...","type":"page"}