COLD MOUNTAIN Transcendental Poetry is an expanded 7th edition collection of 100 poems by the T'ang Zen poet, Han-shan. The introduction includes a unique autobiography of the poet, using information drawn exclusively from the poems. The poems were found written on the rocks in a remote region in the Tien Tai mountains in southern China. They tell the story of a gentle recluse and of his long life on Cold Mountain, as a "guest" of nature, living in a cave and foraging for food. Though simple and childlike, the poems are majestic and have the power to lift the reader to share a moment in the...