自小就带着经书去锄地，本来是和兄长居住在一起过着耕读的日子。读书不求功名因而遭到周遭亲朋的指责嘲笑，还被自己的妻子疏远。干脆抛弃人世间的牵绊，时常游走四方读自己喜欢的书。有谁能够借来一斗水，让车辙中即将涸死的鱼能够活命，那些见死不救的人没有资格说三道四。

寒山·《少小带经锄》

少小带经锄，本将兄共居。

缘遭他辈责，剩被自妻疏。

抛绝红尘境，常游好阅书。

谁能借斗水，活取辙中鱼。

I Do Not Answer Why I Stare Into Puddles

Respectfully, I thought to live with my brother;

I wore books in my sleeve, plowing fields.

But my brother berated me:

My wife found him wise.

I have renounced this desert world.

I read what I love, roving.

You there! A ladle's water, no more:

Buoy this perch stranded in the carriage track.