In a description of the nature of human happiness, Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai writes, You ask why I stay on the green mountain, I smile but do not answer; my heart is at ease.
A peach blossom is carried away, far, ...
by flowing water.
Apart from it, I have heaven, and earth, in the human world.
This poem, "Questions and Answers on the Mountain", written in a clean fresh ebullient style, captures the natural elegance of pure simple words that flow like pristine water through a verdant green mountain stream.
It continues to be a fine example of the great work of China's greatest poet.
Cool and refreshing, the poets' words conjure the artless tranquility...
that soothes the human mind, creating the great serenity of which the mystics speak.
Timeless and ineffable, Li Bais' phenomenal world allows him to begin to grasp the finite nature of each individual experience, as it gradually begins to slip away.
A great transcendent asceticism Written in a style that contrasts his other work, Li Bai describes a clear mind, free from the trials and tribulations of the human world.
As he witnesses a flower floating, gently, ...
in a scene that creates the natural beauty of a great majestic mountain, the mind looks onward, ...
appreciating the angelic bud.
It travels far, ...
beyond the image, imprinted upon the poets' eye.