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Hanshan
Han-Shan (寒山，translated into English as "Cold Mountain", Japanese "Kanzan") (8th or 9th century CE) is a mythological figure associated with a collection of poems from the Chinese Tang Dynasty in the Taoist/Zen tradition. He is honored as a Bodhisattva -figure in Zen-mythology and is a well known motif in Japanese and Chinese paintings together with his sidekick Shih-Te and with Fenggan.
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