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Chia Tao (779-843), an erstwhile Zen monk who became a poet during China's Tang dynasty, recorded the lives of the sages, masters, immortals, and hermits who helped establish the great spiritual tradition of Zen Buddhism in China.

Presented in both the original Chinese and Mike O'Connor's beautifully crafted English translation, When I Find You Again, It Will Be in Mountains brings to life this preeminent poet and his glorious religious tradition, offering the fullest translation of Chia Tao's poems to date.

Mike O’Connor is a poet, translator, and co-editor of The Clouds Should Know Me By Now: Buddhist Poet Monks of China. Mike O’Connor has published three volumes of his own poetry in addition to translating two volumes of the work of Buddhist poet Chia Tao. He lives in Port Townsend, Washington.

Acknowledgments

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Translator's note

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Introduction

1

(13)

Colors Of Daybreak And Dusk (Book One)

Sent to Minister Ling-hu

14

(1)

Winter Night Farewell

15

(1)

Memento on the Departure of a Friend from Yeh, Last Day of the Second Moon

16

(1)

Morning Travel

17

(1)

Passing by a Mountain Village at Dusk

18

(1)

Overnight at a Mountain Monastery

19

(1)

Farewell to Monk Chih-hsing

20

(1)

Watching the Late Day Clear After Snowfall

21

(1)

At I-chou, Climbing the Tower of Lung-hsing Temple to View the High Northern Mountains

22

(1)

Seeking but not Finding the Recluse

23

(1)

Written at the Dwelling of a Recluse

24

(1)

Abode of the Unplanned Effect

25

(1)

A Farewell to T'ien Cho on Retreat on Hue Mountain

26

(1)

Meng Jung, Gainfully Unemployed

27

(1)

While Traveling

28

(1)

Seeing Off Sub-Prefect Mu to Mei-chou

29

(1)

Spending the Night at a Villager's Pavilion

30

(1)

Overnight in Ch'eng-hsiang Forest

31

(1)

Farewell to Master Tan Returning to Min

32

(1)

At Ni-yang Inn

33

(1)

Farewell to a Friend Leaving for the Frontier

34

(2)

Thinking of Retired Scholar Wu on the River

36

(1)

Happy that Official Yao Is Returning from Hang-chou

37

(1)

Late in the Day, Gazing Out from a River Pavilion

38

(1)

Auspicious Arrival of Yung T'ao

39

(1)

Seeing off the Monk Ts'ung-ch'ih Returning to the Capital

40

(1)

Response to Sub-Prefect Li K'uo of Hu County

41

(1)

Overnight at Hsuan-ch'uan Courier Station

42

(1)

Spring Travel

43

(3)

The Tiger Hears The Sutra (Book Two)

Ferrying Across the Dry Mulberry River

46

(1)

Taking Leave of a Buddhist Master, Departing China

47

(1)

Seeing Off Shen-mao, Buddhist Master

48

(1)

Seeing Off a Man of the Tao

49

(1)

Sent to a Hua Mountain Monk

50

(1)

For a Buddhist Monk

51

(1)

Seeing Off a Buddhist Monk Traveling to Heng Mountain

52

(1)

Sent to Monks Chen and K'ung at Lung-ch'ih Temple

53

(1)

Mourning the Death of Ch'an Master Po-yen

54

(1)

To Monk Shao-ming

55

(1)

Taoist Master in Mountains

56

(2)

At the Retreat of Monk Chu-ku

58

(1)

Mourning the Death of Ch'an Master Tsung-mi

59

(1)

Written at Li Ning's Hermitage

60

(1)

Visiting with Buddhist Monk Wu-k'o at His Remote Dwelling

61

(1)

At Ch'ing-lung Temple, the Mirror Guest Room

62

(1)

Yuan-shang Autumn Residence

63

(1)

Passing By the Home of Scholar Yung

64

(1)

At Shang-ku, Seeing Off a Guest Traveling rivers and Lakes

65

(1)

East Heights Residence, Happy for the Frequent Visits of T'ang Wen-ch'i

66

(1)

Getting Up Sick

67

(1)

Sent to Chang-sun Ch'i-chiao, a Mountain Friend

68

(1)

Sent to Monk Wu-k'o

69

(1)

Lamenting the Death of Meng Chiao

70

(1)

Lamenting the Death of Meng Tung-yeh

71

(1)

Autumn Dusk

72

(1)

Responding to Secretary Yao Ho

73

(1)

Written at Ch'ang-chiang

74

(1)

Rowing on Lake K'ung-ming

75

(3)

One With The Snowy Night (Book Three)

Seeking Shih-weng Temple's Highest Hermitage

78

(1)

At the Hua-shan Hermitage of Adept Ma Tai

79

(1)

Farewell to Scholar Keng

80

(1)

In Early Autumn, Sent to Ling-yin Temple on T'ien-chu Mountain, for Posting

81

(1)

Sending Off T'ang Huan, Returning to a Village on the Fu River

82

(1)

For Monk Hung-ch'uan

83

(1)

Winter Moon, Rain in Ch'ang-an, Watching the Chung-nan Mountains in Snow

84

(2)

Parting from a Friend Entering Shu

86

(1)

Farewell to Monk Ho-lan

87

(1)

Overnight at Monk Yun's Room

88

(1)

Sent to Mo-kung on Pai-ko Peak

89

(1)

Seeing Off the Mountain Monk Ch'u, Returning to Japan

90

(1)

Thinking of a Friend Traveling to the Border

91

(1)

Seeing Off a Friend Traveling to Yueh

92

(1)

At Ch'ung-sheng Temple, Pin-kung's Room

93

(1)

Rainy Night, Sent to Ma Tai

94

(1)

Farewell to a T'ien-t'ai Monk

95

(1)

Rainy Night with Li Hsuan, Recalling Huang Fu-hsun

96

(1)

Evening Gathering at the Residence of Yao Ho; K'o-kung Does Not Arrive

97

(1)

Sent to Secretary Ch'ang Wu-chu

98

(1)

Farewell to a Military Enlistee, on the Road

99

(1)

Seeing Off Buddhist Master Hsia-yun of T'se-en Temple to an Audience with Minister of Public Works Li, at T'ai-yuan, Capital of Shansi

100

(1)

Overnight at Ch'ing-yeh Temple with Li K'uo, Former Hu District Sub-Prefect

101

(1)

For Li of Chin-chou

102

(1)

Travel Stop on the Han River

103

(1)

Winter Night

104

(1)

Seeing Off Ch'an Master Hui-ya Returning to Jade Springs

105

(1)

Overnight Stay with K'o-kung

106

(1)

Farewell to Monk Wu-k'o

107

(1)

Poem Just Jotted Down

108

(1)

Short Glossary of Recurring Words and Symbols

109

(2)

Notes to the Poems

111

(20)

Bibliography

131

(6)

List of Illustrations

137

(1)

Biographical Notes

138

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