Confucious Analects 6:21 “The master said: ‘The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills. The wise are active; the virtuous are tranquil. The wise are joyful; the virtuous long lived.” *
Mountain Man
I find my spirit in mountains and trees
My life follows the soft wind—not the breeze.
Turn my thoughts to nature, cultivate my soul
Dreaming no longer of splendor,
But peace ten thousand-fold.
*James Legge, trans., The Chinese Classics Vol. 1: Confucian Analects (London: St. George Press, 2024), VI: XXI pg.192